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DIGEST 


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OF    THE 


School    La\A/s 


OF    THE 


STATE  OF  FLORIDA, 


WITH    THE 


Forms    Regulations    and    Instructions     of    the 
Department  of  Education, 


COMPILED    BY 

WILLIAM  N.  SHEATS, 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF     PUBLIC    INSTKUCTION. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA.: 

The  Tallahasseean  Book  and  Job  Print. 

1900. 


MMM*M 


DIGEST 


OF    THK 


School    Law/s 


OF    THE 


STATE  OF  FLORIDA, 


WITH     THE 


Forms,    Regulations    and    Instructions    of   the 
Department  of  Education. 


COMPILED    BY 

WILLIAM  N.  SHEATS, 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF     PUBLIC    INSTKUCTION. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA.: 
Tallahasseean  Book  and  Job  Print. 

1899. 


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state  Board  of  Education. 

(ex-ofpicio.) 

Hon.  W.  D.  BLOXHAM,  Governor,  President. 

Hon.  JOHN  L.  CRAWFORD,  ;Secretary  of  State. 

Hon.  WILLIAM  B.  LAMAR,  Attorney-General. 

Hon.  J.  B.  WHITFIELD,  State  Treasurer. 

Hon.  WILLIAM  N.  SHEATS,  Superintendent  of    Public 
Instruction,  Secretary/. 


Xjm^EK8>'fY 


Constitution  of  Florida. 

/\RTICLE    XII. 


EDUCATION. 

Section  1.  The  Legislature  shall  provide  for  a  iiniforin  sys- 
tem of  public  free  schools,  and  shall  provide  for  the  liberal 
maintenance  of  the  same. 

Sp:c.  '2.  There  shall  be  a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, wliose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by  law,  and  whose  term 
i)f  ottice  shall  be  four  years  and  until  the  election  and  qualifi- 
cation of  his  successor. 

Sec  8.  The  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  Attorney-General, 
State  Treasurer,  and  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  constitute  a  body  corporate,  to  be  known  as  the 
State  Board  of  Education  of  Florida,  of  which  the  Governor 
shall  be  President,  and  the  Superintendent  ot'  Public  Instruc- 
tion Secretary.  This  Board  shall  have  power  to  remove  any 
subordinate  school  officer  for  cause,  upon  notice  to  the  incum- 
bent; and  shall  have  the  management  and  investment  of  all 
State  School  Funds  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  law,  and  such  supervision  of  schools  of  higher 
grades  as  the  law  shall  provide. 

Sec.  4.  The  State  School  Fund,  the  interest  of  which  shall 
be  exclusively  applied  to  the  support  and  maintenance  of 
public  free  schools,  shall  be  derived  from  the  following 
sources: 

The  proceeds  of  all  lands  that  have  been  or  may  hereafter 
be  granted  to  the  State  by  the  United  States  for  public  school 
purposes. 

Donations  to  the  State  when  the  purpose  is  not  specified. 
Af)propriations  by  the  State. 
The  proceeds  of  escheated  property.* 

Twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  sales  of  public  lands  which  are 
now  or  may  hereafter  be  owned  by  the  State. 

♦As  amended  in  1894. 


Duty  of  \j 
islature. 


85429 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


One   Mill  Tax. 


Basis  of  appor- 
tionment of 
interest  and 
One  Mill   Tax 
(as  amended  in 
3894). 


County   School 
Tax. 


County  School 
Fund ;  whence 
derived  and 
how  disbursed 
(a.s  amended 
in  1894^. 


ProTision.<;  for 
School  Dis- 
tricts. 


School  TniB- 
tees. 


iJistrict  Tax, 


Town  or  city 
may  be  a 
School  Div 

trict. 


Disbursement 
of  District 
Fund. 


Sec.  5.  The  principal  of  the  State  School  Fund  sliall  remaij> 
sacied  and  inviolate. 

Sec.  6.  A  special  tax  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  of  all  taxa- 
ble property'  in  the  State,  in  addition  to  the  other  means  pro- 
vided, shall  be  levied  and  apportioned  annually  for  the  sup- 
port and  maintenance  of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the  apportion- 
ment and  distribution  of  the  interest  on  the  State  School  Fund 
and  all  other  means  provided,  including  the  special  tax  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  public  free  schools,  among  the 
several  counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  average  at- 
tendance upon  schools  in  the  said  counties  respectively.^' 

Sec.  8.  Each  county  shall  be  required  to  assess  and  collecft 
annually  for  the  support  of  public  free  schools  therein,  a  taxi 
of  not  less  than  three  mills  nor  more  than  five  mills  on  thej 
dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  The  County  School  Fund  shall  consist,  in  addition 
to  the  tax  provided  for  in  section  eight  of  this  Article,  of  the 
proportion  of  the  interest  of  the  State  School  Fund  and  of 
the  one  mill  State  tax  apportioned  to  the  county;  all  capitation 
taxes  collected  within  the  county;  and  shall  be  disbursed  by 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  soleh^  for  the  main- 
tenance and  support  of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  10.  The  Legislature  may  provide  for  the  division  of 
any  county  or  counties  into  convenient  school  districts;  and 
for  the  election  bi-ennially  of  three  school  trustees,  who  shall 
hold  their  office  for  two  years,  and  who  shall  have  the  super- 
vision of  all  the  schools  within  the  district;  and  for  the  levy- 
ing and  collection  of  a  district  school  tax,  for  the  exclusive  use 
of  public  free  schools,  within  the  district,  whenever  a  majority 
of  the  qualified  electors  thereof  that  pay  a  tax  on  real  or  per- 
sonal property  shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  levy;  Provided^ 
That  any  tax  authorized  by  this  section  shall  not  exceed  three 
mills  on  the  dollar  in  any  one  year  on  the  taxable  property  of 
the  district. 

Sec.  11.  Any  incorporated  town  or  city  may  constitute  a 
School  District.  The  fund  raised  by  section  ten  may  be  ex- 
pended in  the  district  where  levied  for  building  or  repairing 
school  houses,  for  the  purpose  of  school  libraries  and  text- 
books, for  salaries  of  teachers,  or  for  other  educational  pur- 
poses, 80  that  the  distribution  among  all  the  schools  of  the 
tlistrict  be  equitable. 


*As  amended  in  1894. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


\    c   •»    »» 

UNiVEKSITY 

>  Of' 


3  fon  s 


Separate 
schools  lor 
rocs. 


Sk(.'.  ['2.  White  and  coloi-cl  chil«iren  sliall  not  l)e  taugl 
the  same  school,  but  impartial  provision  shall  be  rnaile 
both. 

8e('.  lo.  No  law  shall  be  enacted  aiitliorizing  the  diversi*ni  or 
the  lending  of  any  county  or  district  school   funds,  or  the  ap-    Prohibitions 
propriation  of  any  part  of  the  permanent  or  available  school    FunS!*^ 
fund  to  any  other  than  school  purposes;  nor  shall  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  be  appropriated  to  or  used  for  the  support  of 
•any  sectarian  schcol. 

Skc.  14.  The  Legislature  at  its  first  session  shall  provide  for 
the  establishment,  maintenance  and  management  of  such  Nor- 
mal Schools,  not  to  exceed  two,  as  tha  interests  of  public  edu- 
-cation  may  demand. 

Sec  15.  The  compensation  of  all  county  school  oiiicers  shall    compensatio 
be  paid  from  the  school  fund  of  their  respective  counties,  and    55'!^^'^°*^^  '^*" 
all  other  county  officers  receiving  stated  salaries  shall  be  p^id 
from  the  general  funds  of  their  respective  counties. 


Normal 
Schools. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

Skc.  25.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
l»ave  supervision  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  public  instruction; 
the  supervision  of  State  buildings  devoted  to  educational  pur- 
poses, and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Legislature  may 
provide  by  law. 

Sec.  27.  *  *  [J^I®]  shall  make  a  full  report  of  his  official 
acts,  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  his  office,  and  of  the 
requirements  of  the  same,  to  the  Governor  at  the  beginning 
of  each  regular  session  of  the  Legislature,  or  whenever  the 
Governor  shall  require  it.  Such  *  *  [report]  shall  be  laid 
before  the  Legislature  by  the  Governor  at  the  beginning  of 
oach  regular  session  thereof.  Either  house  of  the  Legislature 
may  at  any  time  call  upon  *  *  [himj  for  information  re- 
quired by  it. 


Po\Ters  and 

duties  of  Sta 

Su{)erintend- 

ent. 

Sec.  25,  Art, 

IV..  Coast. 


Shall  maki; 
re[X)rt. 


SCHOOL     L/\\A/S 


OF     J'HK 


STATE   OF  FLORIDA, 


COMPILKl) 


From  the  Revised  Statutes,  and  the  Acts  of  the 
Legislatures  of  1893,  1895,  1897  and  1899. 


GENERAL  PROVISIOXS  AND  fcuTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  established  and  maintained  a 
uniform  system  of  public  instruction  free  to  all  the  youth  re- 
siding in  the  State  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  and  twenty- 
one  (21)  years,  as  far  as  the  funds  will  admit,  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Sec.  2.  The  officers  of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction 
shall  be  a  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  a  State 
Board  of  Education,  a  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  each 
county,  a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  each  county, 
local  School  Supervisors  and  Treasurers. 

Sec.  3.  All  such  officers  who  shall  hold  their  offices  by  stat- 
ute shall  conform  to  the  regulations  of  the  Department  of 
I^ublic  Instruction. 

Sec.  4.  They  shall  retain  their  offices  during  the  faithful 
performance  of  their  duties,  but  not  to  exceed  four  years  at 
any  time. 

Sec.  5.  They  shall  be  subject  to  removal  for  incompetency, 
neglect  of  duty,  or  any  cause  which  would  distpialify  them  for 
the  positions  if  not  incumbents. 

Sec.  6.  No  officer  shall  vote  on  a  <pie8ti(»Ti  fixing  his  own 
compensation. 

Sec.  7.  A  majority  of  any  educational  board  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 


A  uniform 
System  of 
Public  In- 
struction, 
Rev.  Stat., 
Sec.  225. 


(Officers. 

lb.  Sec.  •2'2i>. 


Subject  to- 
regulations, 
lU  Sec, 'i'i^. 


Tenure  of 
ottice. 


For  what  re- 
movable. 


Wbfu  not  to 

vote. 

Ibid.  Sec.  230. 

A  (luorum . 
lb.  See. '231. 


10 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


189^^ 

Designation  of 
vounty  sub- 
divisions. 
Sec.  T.  Chap. 
.4678. 


Schoal  oilu'crs 
fto  qualify. 
Rev.  Stat.  S«x'. 
2:Vi. 


To  give  bond 
with  sureties. 


Liability  for 
loss. 


To  turn  over 
effects  to  sue 
•cesser. 
Ib.Sec.2P,:?. 


Pcaiil  oficiii.se 
to  miK  races  in 
Schools.  (Sec. 
1,  cli»4».4.^nr,». 


t'euaity. 
ib.  Scc'i. 


differences  set- 
tted'  by  art>i- 
tration..a^v. 


Sec.  8.  Each  county  shall  constitute  a  school  unit;  all  sub- 
divisions of  a  county  for  school  purposes  shall  be  designated 
as  school  districts;  all  school  districts  levying  a  school  district 
tax  shall  hereafter  be  designated  as  special  tax  school  districts, 
and  ail  schools  receiving  any  district  tax,  as  special  tax  schools. 

Sec.  9.  Every  school  officer  who  shall  be  appointed  under 
statutory  provision,  is  required: 

1st.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within 
ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of  his  appointment,  to  sub- 
scribe to  an  accej)tance  of  the  appointment  and  to  pledge  that 
he  will  faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  to 
forward  the  same  with  his  postoffice  address  to  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction. 

'id.  Before  receiving  any  school  moneys  or  property  of  any 
kind,  for  safe  keeping  or  disbursement,  to  give  bond,  with  two 
good  sureties,  the  bonds  to  be  fixed  and  approved  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county,  the  original  to  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  a  certified 
copy  to  be  held  by  tlie  officer  giving  the  security,  to  be  pro- 
duced when  required. 

3d.  Any  officer  in  charge  of  school  moneys  or  property  to 
be  so  disbursed,  shall  satisfy  himself  that  the  officer  to  whom 
he  issues  it  has  given  bond  as  aforesaid,  or  be  personally  liable 
for  any  loss  in  consequence  of  such  neglect. 

Sec.  10.  Every  officer  shall  turn  over  to  his  successor  in 
office,  on  retiring,  all  books,  papers,  documents,  funds,  moneys 
and  property  of  whatever  kind,  which  he  may  have  acquired, 
received  and  held  by  virtiie  of  his  office,  and  take  full  receipts 
for  them  of  his  successor. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  be  a  penal  offense  for  any  individual,  body 
of  individuals,  corporation  or  association,  to  conduct  within 
this  State  any  school  of  any  grade,  public,  private  or  parochial, 
wherein  white  persons  and  negroes  shall  be  instructed  or 
boarded  within  the  same  building,  or  taught  in  the  same  class, 
or  at  the  same  time  by  the  same  teacher. 

Sec.  12.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  tlie  provisions  of 
section  I  [section  above]  of  this  act,  by  patronizmg  or  teach- 
ing in  such  school  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  fined  in  a 
sum  not  less  than  $150  nor  more  than  $500,  or  imprisoned  in 
the  county  jail,  for  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than 
six  months  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  13.  All  matters  of  difference  which  may  arise  between 
school  officers  and  teachers,  or  other  persons,  under  the  opera- 
tion of  this  act,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  decision  of  arbitra- 
tors. The  proceedings  and  powers  of  arbitrators  shall  be  as 
provided  by  law  for  other  arbitrations. 


SCHOOL  LAW^S. 


n 


FY)WERS  AND  DITTIES  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF 
EDUCATION. 

Sec.  14.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  consist  of  the 
<iovernor,  the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Attorney-General,  the 
>tate  Treasurer,  and  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
-•^truction.  The  Governor  shall  be  the  President,  the  State 
Treasurer  shall  be  the  Treasurer,  and  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  the  Secretary  of  said  Board.  Said 
Board  is  a  body  corporate,  with  full  power  to  perform  all  cor- 
porate acts  for  educational  purposes. 

Sec.  lo.  The  State  Board  of  Education  are  directed  and 
empowered: 

1st.  To  obtain  posses>ion  of  and  take  the  charge,  oversight 
and  management  of  all  lands  granted  to  or  held  by  the  Slate 
for  etlucational  purposes,  and  to  fix  the  terms  of  sale,  rental  or 
use  of  such  lands,  and  to  do  whatever  may  be  necessary  to 
preserve  tliem  from  trespass  or  injury,  and  for  their  improve- 
ment. 

"id.  To  have  the  direction  and  management,  and  to  provitle 
for  the  safe  keeping  and  expenditure  of  all  the  educational 
funds  of  the  State:  with  due  regard  to  the  higiiest  interest  of 
education. 

Sd.  To  entertain  and  decide  upon  questions  and  appeals  re- 
ferred to  them  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion on  any  matter  of  difference  or  dispute  arismg  under  the 
operations  of  this  act,  and  to  prescribe  the  manner  of  making 
appeals  and  conductinir  arbitrations. 

4th.  To  remove  any  subordinate  officer  in  the  department 
for  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty,  or  other  cause  which  would 
disqualify  a  person  for  the  appointment. 

5th.  To  keep  in  view  the  establishment  of  schools  on  a 
broad  and  liberal  basis,  the  object  of  which  shall  be  to  impart 
instruction  to  youth  in  the  profession  of  teaching,  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  natural  sciences,  the  theory  and  practice  of 
agriculture,  horticulture,  mining,  engineering  and  the  mechanic 
arts,  in  the  ancient  and  modern  languages,  in  the  higher  range 
of  mathematics,  literature,  and  in  usual  and  ornamental 
branches  not  taught  in  common  schools. 

6th.  To  co-operate  with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  in  the  management  of  the  Department;  and  in  the 
general  diffusion  of  knowledge  in  the  State. 

Sec.  16.  The  [State]  Board  of  Education  shall  invest  moneys 
♦  'f  the  common  school  fund  which  it  mav  now  have,  and  which 


1899. 


How  constitu- 
ted.   Ib.2;?4. 


A  body  corpo- 
rate. 


Powers  and 
duties.  lb  '2.*>5. 


With  regard  to 
school  hinds. 


Witli  regard  to 
school  funds. 


With  regard  to 
disputes  or  ap- 
peals. 


Removal  of 
subordinate  of- 
♦ic<?rs 


With  regard  to 
hi fther  educa- 
tion. 


To  CO-  opt^rate 
with  State  *^u- 
perintetident. 


To  invest 
School  Fund. 
Tb.  KM. 


12 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


In  what  may 
nvest. 


To  till  vataii- 
eieson  Couuiy 
Boards. 
Abbr.  tec.  4, 
chap.  4198. 


from  time  to-  time  may  come  to  its  hands,  in  bonds  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  several  States  at  the  current  market 
values  of  such  bonds  at  the  time  of  making  such  investments, 
and  such  Board  may  from  time  to  time  change  investments 
held  by  it,  and  re-invest  the  proceeds  arising  from  such  change 
in  securities  authorized  by  law;  Prodded^  however^  That  in 
no  case  shall  any  investment  be  made  in  any  bonds  on  which 
the  interest  is  not  regularly  paid,  or  as  to  the  validity  of  whicli 
any  suit  may  be  pending. 

Sec.  17.  All  vacancies  on  said  Board  [County  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction]  shall  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by 
appointment  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  on  the  nomina- 
tion of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOLS. 


Sec.  18.  a  Normal  School  for  the  trainino-  and  instruction 
Normal  School  of  whitc  tcachcrs  is  established  at  DeFuniak  Springs,  Walton 
lor  whiles  county,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  State  Board  of 

Education. 


Faculty,  how 
elected. 
Rev.  St:\r.  Sec. 


Normal  School 
for  negroes, 
lb  .,  !?cc.-2t)9. 


The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  elect  a  faculty,  to  con- 
sist of  a  principal  and  two  assistant  instructors,  who  shall 
have  in  charge  the  training  and  instruction  of  all  students,  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  19.  A  Normal  School  for  colored  teachers  is  established 
at  Tallahassee,  Leon  county,  similar  in  all  respects  as  prescribed 
above  for  the  establishment  of  the  Normal  School  for  white 
teachers,  and  subject  to  the  direction  and  control  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education. 


Bstablibhinent. 
Sec  l.chap. 
4334,  Mav  *29. 
]  895. 


Design. 


Manner  of  se- 
lecting student 
for  free  tuition, 
etc.  Chap. 
45ti8.  See.  1 . 


SOUTH    FLORIDA  MILITARY  AND  EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTE. 

Sec.  '20.  The  South  Florida  Militarj^  and  Educational  Insti- 
tute is  hereby  established  at  Bartow,  Polk  county,  Florida, 
under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, who  shall  elect  such  faculty  as  may  be  required  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  21.  The  design  of  this  institution  is  to  teach  such 
branches  of  learning,  including  military  tactics,  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

,  Sec.  22.  The  Representatives  from  each  county  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Senator  representing  said  county  shall  be  em- 
powered to  name  upon  competitive  examination  and  in  such 
manner  as  the   State   Board   of   Education  may  prescribe,  one 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


i;} 


stmlent  for  each  county  who  shall  be  resident  in  said  county 
to  the  said  South  Florida  Military  and  Educational  Institute 
who  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  full  course 
of  Instruction  at  said  institute  without  charge  for  board,  lodg- 
ing, tuition,  use  of  text  books,  washing,  fuel,  lights  and 
use  of  arms  and  equipments.  Said  student  to  be  subject  to 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  established  for  the  gov- 
ciiiment  and  direction  of  said  institution. 

Sec.  28.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions 
(•f  this  act  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  dollars  ($9,000)  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  each  of  the  two  ensuing 
years,  commencing  Septi^mber  1,  1897,  out  of  any  monies  in 
tlie  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

INSTITUTE  FOR  BLIND,  DEAF  AND  DUMB. 

Skc.  24.  The  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  are 
the  Trustees  of  the  Institute  hereinafter  specified,  under  the 
name  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Florida  Institute  for 
the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb. 

Sec.  25.  Said  Institute  shall  remain  in  its  present  location 
near  St.  Augustine,  in  St.  Johns  county,  and  shall  be  an  asy- 
lum for  the  indigent  blind  and  deaf  and  dumb  in  this  State. 

Sec.  26.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the  edu- 
cation, care  and  maintenance  at  said  asylum  of  all  persons  re- 
siding in  this  State,  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one 
years,  who  may  be  blind,  or  deaf  and  dumb. 

Sec.  27.  Anj^  person  entitled  to  admission  into  said  Insti- 
tute, or  the  parent,  guardian  or  next  friend  of  such  person, 
may  apply  to  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  the  county 
of  his  residence,  and  the  County  Commissioners,  if  satisfied  that 
the  person  is  so  entitled  to  such  admission,  shall  issue  a  cer- 
tificate to  that  effect,  upon  which  the  applicant  shall  be  re- 
ceived into  the  asylum. 

Sec.  28.  Said  Board  of  County  Commissioners  shall  supply 
means  of  transportation  of  such  persons  to  said  asylum,  and 
at  the  close  of  each  session  the  Board  of  Managers  shall  sup- 
ply means  of  transportation  for  the  inmates  to  their  respective 
homes  and  return  at  the  opening  of  the  next  succeeding  ses- 
sion. The  same  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general  appropria- 
tion for  the  maintenance  of  said  asylum;  those  who  have  the 
means  will  be  required  to  pay  the  necessary  expenses,  tuition 
excepted,  of  their  children  or  wards. 

Sec.  29.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the  ui- 
mates  of  said  Institute  necessary  bedding,  clothing,  food  and 
medical  attendance,  and  such  other  things  as  may  be  proper 
for  the  health  and  comfort  of  said  inmates. 


1S99. 


ApDropriation. 
lb.,  Sec. 2. 


Board  of  Man- 
agers. 
K.  S  .  See. -'TO. 


Lat'iitinu. 
lb. ,'27!. 


Duty  of  Board 
of  Managers. 
(As  amended 
ill  chap.  IMi-l) 


County  Com- 
missioners to 
issue  oertiticate 
of  admLssion. 
(As  amended, 
lb). 


Transiiorta- 
lio.i. 


Wlio  .sij;ili  pay 
(  As  amended, 
ib). 


What  IJoaifJ  of 
Managers  shaU 
provide. 
Kev.  Stat.  275. 


14 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Kmplov  teach- 
ers    Ib.,*27«. 


lb.,  277 


J^tato  Superiu- 
tc-adeiit,  juris- 
diction of. 
Hev.  ytat.,Soc 
i:j'2. 
Duties. 
TVj..Sef.  My.). 


To  ]>rint  and 
*listrihuto  laws, 
forms,  etc. 


To  call  Con- 
ventions. 


To  holii  Irififi- 
Autes . 


To  apportion 
Si'hool  inoners. 


To  make,  dis- 
<:retionary  a|>- 
portionment*. 


To  dccidfjupon 
appeals. 


Skc  30.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  also  provide  for  the 
education  of  the  inmates  of  said  Institute,  and  shall  employ 
such  teachers  as  may  be  competent  to  instruct  the  blind,  and 
deaf  and  dumb,  and  tit  them  for  aiding  in  earning  a  support, 
and  in  sharing  the  enjoyments  of  life. 

Skc.  31.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  report  to  the  Leg- 
islature at  each  session  the  condition  and  management  of  said 
Institute,  the  work  done  therein  and  the  expenditures  there- 
for. 


STATE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF 

TION. 


PUBLIC^  INSTRUC- 


Sec.  32.  The   State   Superintendent   of  Public   Instruction' 
shall  have  the  oversight,  charge   and  management  of  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  public  schools,  school  buildings  and  grounds. 

Skc.  33.  It  is  his  duty  and  he  is  hereby  empowered  : 

1st.  To  prepare  and  cause  to  be  printed  and  distributed 
gratuitously^  to  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  and  other  ottice!> 
and  teacheis  as  many  copies  of  the  school  laws,  and  such 
foims,  instruments,  instructions,  regulations  and  decisions  a.^ 
he  may  judge  necessary  for  their  use. 

2d.  To  call  conventions  of  County  Superintendents  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  and  other  officers,  for  obtaining  and  imparting 
information  on  the  practical  workings  of  the  school  system, 
and  the  means  of  promoting  its  efficiency  and  usefulness. 

3d.  To  assemble  teachers  in  Institutes  and  employ  compe- 
tent instructors  to  impart  information  on  improved  methods 
of  teaching  and  conducting  schools  and  other  relevant  mat- 
ters. 


It- : 

of/ 


4th.  To  apportion  the  interest  on  the  common  school  fund 
and  the  fund  raised  by  the  one  mill  State  tax  authorized  by 
Sef^tion  6  of  Article  XII,  of  the  Constitution,  among  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  average  at- 
tendance upon  schools  in  the  said  counties  respectively 
children  residing  therein  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  an 
twenty-one  (21)  years. 

5th.  To  make  such  apportionments  as  ma}^  in  his  judgment 
V)e  right  and  just,  when  the  census  and  returns  on  which  the 
apportionments  should  be  made  are  manifestly  defective  or 
have  not  been  received  by  him. 

(.Uh.  To  entertain  and  decide  upon  apf)eal8  and  questions 
arising  under  this  act,  or  refer  such  to  the  Board  of  Education 
for  decision. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


15 


7th.  To  prt'scribe  Rules  and  Kegulalioiis  for  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

8th.  IL'  shall  have  a  seal  for  his  office,  with  which,  in  con- 
nection with  his  own  signature,  to  authenticate  copies  of  de- 
cisions, acts  or  documents,  which  copies  so  authenticated  shall 
be  of  the  same  force  as  the  originals. 

9th.  He  shall  reside  at  the  seat  of  government  of  this  State, 
and  shall  keep  his  office  in  a  room  in  the  Capitol. 

10th.  He  shall  prepare  the  questions  for  county  examina- 
tions and  distribute  same  to  County  Superintendents ;  hold 
written  examinations  for  and  issue  State  Certificates ;  may 
grant  Life  Certificates  as  provided  by  law;  and  may  order 
county  examinations  on  other  da^s  than  those  prescribed  V>y 
law. 

11th.  lie  shall  nominate  to  the  State  Board  of  Education 
for  appointment  persons  to  fill  all  vacancies  for  unexpired 
terms  on  County  School  Boards  [County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction]. 

liith.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  to 
visit  each  Seminary  at  least  once  in  each  year,  and  he  shall 
annually  make  to  the  Governor,  to  be  by  him  laid  before  the 
Legislature  at  each  regular  session  thereof,  a  full  and  detailed 
report  of  the  doings  of  the  respective  Boards  of  Education, 
and  of  all  their  expenditures,  and  the  moneys  received  for 
tuition,  and  the  prospects,  progress  and  usefulness  of  said  Sem- 
inaries, including  so  much  of  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Vis- 
itors as  he  may  deem  advisable. 

13th.  To  tile  and  preserve  the  same  [certified  copies  of  the 
monthly  lists  of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes]  in  his 
office  as  a  part  of  the  public  records  and  furnish  copies  thereof 
when  requested  by  citizens  of  this  State. 

DUTIES    AND   POWERS   OF   COUNTY  BOARDS  OF 
PUBLIC   INSTRUCTION. 

Sec.  34.  Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  constituted  a 
body  corporate  by  the  name  of  "The  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion for  the  County  of ,  State  of  Florida,"  and 

in  that  name  may  acquire  and  hold  real  and  personal  property, 
receive  bequests  and  donations,  and  perform  other  corporate 
acts  for  educational  purposes. 

Sec.  35.  Each  Board  shall,  before  proceeding  to  any  other 
business,  complete  its  own  organization.  Then  the  chairman 
and  secresary  shall  make  and  sign  two  copies  of  the  procce*!- 
ings  of  organization,  and  annex  their  affidavits  to  each  that 
the  same  is  a  correct  and  true  copy  of  the  original.     They 


1899. 


To  have  a  seal, 
lb..  Sec.  134. 


To  reside  at 
( .'apital. 
lb.,Sec.l3r>. 

To  prepare 

questions  ior 

examiuatiou.s, 

etc. 

Abbr.  Sees.  8. 

9. 10.20,  Chap. 

il9'2.June  8, 

1893. 


To  nominate 
(~'ounty  school 
Boards. 
Abbr.  Sec.  4, 
Cliap.  41{«. 


To  vi*it  Seini- 
uaries.   Sec. 
:J'2::5,  Rev.  Stat- 


Pepoi't  to  the 
GroveriiOJ". 


File  poll  lists, 
Abbr.  Sec.  2, 
(map.  4666. 


A  corporate 

body. 

Rev.  Stat.,  Sec. 

'236. 


Organization  a 
primary  duty . 
lb., -241. 


16 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Titles  vested 
iu. 


Fay. 

.Sec.  l.Chap 

4567. 


Secrotarv  of. 


Treasurer  of 
lb.  Sea  240. 


Rev.  Stat., 
Sea  242. 


To  hold  titles. 


May  dispo.se  of 
pioperty. 


Special  tax 
district  prop 
ortv. 


To  locate 
«chools. 


School  age. 

Minimum 

term. 


'Vo  appoint  .Su- 
I>er  visor?. 


To  se'ect 
school  site'. 


shall  tile  one  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  the  county,  to  be  by  him  recorded  in  the  record  of 
deeds,  and  file  the  other  copy  in  the  office  of  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Publie  Instruction. 

Sec.  86.  The  title  to  the  school  property  of  the  school  shall 
be  vested  in  them  and  their  successors  in  office,  except  in  such 
sub-districts  as  provided  for. 

Sec.  37.  The  members  of  the  various  County  School  Boards 
shall  be  paid  from  the  county  school  fund  for  their  services, 
two  dollars  per  day,  for  each  day's  service,  and  ten  cents  p 
mile  for  every  mile  actually  traveled  in  going  to  an<l  f 
the  county  court  house  by  the  nearest  practical  route. 

.  Sec.  38.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instniction 
shall  be  Secretary  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  39.  The  County  Treasurers  of  the  several  counties  shall 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  constituted  the  treasurers  of  the 
school  funds  in  their  respective  counties 

Sec.  40.  Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  directed  — 

1st.  To  obtain  possession  of,  accept  and  hold,  under  proper 
title,  as  a  corporation,  all  property  possessed,  acquired  or  held 
by  the  county  for  educational  purposes,  and  to  manage  and 
dispose  of  the  same  for  the  best  interest  of  education;  Pro- 
vided,  That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  pre- 
vent any  sub-district  [special  tax  school  districts]  from  holding 
school  property  that  it  has,  or  may  hereafter  acquire,  for 
school  purposes,  or  prevent  such  districts  from  receiving  their 
portion  of  money  as  set  apart  for  school  purposes. 

2d.  To  locate  and  maintain  schools  in  every  localitj^  in   the| 
county  where  they  may  be  needed,  to  accommodate,  as  far  as| 
practicable,    all  the  youth  between  the    ages  of  six  (6)   and 
twenty-one  (21)  years,  during  not    less  than  four  months  in 
each  year. 

3d.  To  appoint  one  supervisor  for  ench  school  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  patrons,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  supervise 
the  work  of  the  school  and  to  report  to  the  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  monthly  the  result  of  his  ob- 
servations. 

4th.  Te  select  and  provide  a  site  for  each  school  house  of 
not  less  than  one-half  acre  of  ground  in  the  rural  districts,  and 
as  nearly  that  amount  as  practicable  in  the  villages  or  citie.s; 
the  situation  to  be  dry,  airy,  healthful  and  pleasant,  also  rea- 
sonably central  and  convenient  of  access  for  all  who  should 
attend  the  school. 


SCHOOL   LAWS. 


17 


5th.  To  do  whatever  is  necessary  with  re<xiiv(]  to  purchasing 
or  renting  school  sites  and  premises,  constructing,  repairing, 
furnishing,  warming,  ventilating,  keeping  in  order  or  improv- 
ing the  school  houses,  outbuildings,  fences,  land  and  movable 
property,  procuring  proper  apparatus  for  the  schools,  grading 
and  classifying  the  pupils,  and  providing  separate  schools  for 
the  different  classes  in  such  a  manner  as  will  secure  the  largest 
attendance  of  pupils,  promote  the  harmony  and  advancement 
of  the  school,  and  establishing,  when  required  by  the  patrons, 
schools  of  higher  grades  of  instruction  where  the  advancement 
and  number  of  the  pupils  require  them. 

6th.  To  employ  teachers  for  every  school  in  the  county,  and 
to  contract  with  and  pay  the  same  for  their  services;  Pro- 
ruled^  That  schools  shall  not  be  located  nearer  than  three 
miles  to  each  other,  unless  for  some  local  reason  or  necessity.- 

7th.  To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

8th.  To  keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  their  olhcial  acts,  {)ro- 
ceedings  and  decisions,  of  all  moneys  received,  held  or  dis- 
bursed, of  all  property  acquired  or  disposed  of,  in  a  proper  set 
of  account  books,  and  a  record  of  the  state  and  condition  of 
each  school,  and  to  report  the  same  to  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction  when  required.  They  shall  also  at 
the  close  of  the  scholastic  year  prepare  an  itemized  report  of 
all  moneys  by  them  received  and  disbursed. 

9th.  To  prepare  and  file  with  the  Clerks  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  their  counties  respectively,  by  the  first  Monday  in  August, 
A.  D.  1895,  a  detailed  and  itemized  financial  statement  in 
writing,  showing  all  suras  of  moneys  received  on  account  of 
county  school  funds  for  and  during  the  year  next  preceding, 
and  from  whom  receiyed,  and  from  what  source  derived,  and 
all  amounts  paid  out  during  such  year,  to  whom  and  on  what 
account  paid.  What  funds,  if  any,  are  on  hand,  and  what  in- 
debtedness, if  any,  is  outstanding.  Such  statement  shall  be 
certified  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  county  school  fund  and  at- 
tested by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
and  in  all  counties  where  a  newspaper  exists,  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  cause  said  statement  to  be  published; 
Providedy  The  cost  of  such  publication  shall  not  exceed  ten 
dollars  to  be  paid  out  of  the  county  school  fund;  otherwise 
they  shall  have  the  same  posted  at  the  court-house  and  at  three 
other  public  places  in  the  county. 

10th.  To  prepare  and  file  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  their  respective  counties  by  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first 
Monday  in  September,  A.  D.  1895,  and  by  the  corresponding 
Tuesday  in  each    and  every    month    thereafter,  an  itemized 


1899. 


General  dis- 
ereiioiiary 
duties  aiitl 
powers. 


To  establish 
ilitjli  Schools. 


To  employ 
teachers. 

Three-  m  le 
limit. 

To  audit  ac- 
counts. 


To  keep  a  com- 
plete record  of 
oilic'al  acus. 


To  report  to 
Stite  Superin 
teudent. 


To  tile  au  item- 
ize! tinancial 
report  auLU- 
ally  witli 
county  clerk. 


To  publish  or 
post  the  sama. 
(Sec.  2,  Chap. 
4.332). 


To  file  monthly 
au  itemized  fi- 
nancial state- 
msat  vrith 
county  clerk. 


18 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


To  publish  or 
post  the  same, 
lb.,  Sec.  3. 


til  aucial  istatement  showing  aJl  suhih  of  moneys  receive*!  (lur- 
ing the  mortlh  next  preceding  on  account  of  county  school 
funds,  and  from  whom  received,  and  from  what  source  de- 
rived, all  appropriations  made  by  such  Board,  and  for  what 
purpose  made.  All  warrants  drawn  by  such  Board,  in  whose 
favor  and  for  and  on  what  account  drawn,  describing  such 
warrant  by  date,  number  and  amount.  All  such  monthly 
financial  statements  shall  be  certified  by  the  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county  and  attested  by 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  the  said 
Board  shall  without  delay  cause  the  same  to  be  published  in  a 
newspaper  of  the  county,  when  any  such  newspaper  exists; 
Prooided,  The  cost  of  such  monthly  publication  shall  not  ex- 
ceed two  dollars  per  month,  otherwise  they  shall  post  the 
same  at  the  court  house  and  at  three  other  public  places  in  the 
county. 


To  adopt  text 

books. 

ISec.  1,    Chap, 

4680. 


To  consult  Co. 
Supt.  and 
teachers. 


Term  of  adop- 
tion. 


Sec.    2.   Chap- 
ter 4680. 


Sec.  3,  Char- 
ter 4680. 


To  prescribe    a 
course  of 
study. 


11th.  To  put  in  operation  in  the  public  free  schools  in  their 
respective  counties  a  uniform  system  of  school  books;  but 
however,  that  the  adoption  of  such  system  shall  be  gradual 
and  not  sooner  made  than  the  interests  of  the  pupils  and  pat- 
rons may  dictate;  and  Provided^  That  the  entire  adoption  shall 
be  consummated  by  July  1,  19t>l. 

12th.  The  selection  of  books  to  constitute  such  uniform 
system  in  each  county  shall  be  made  by  the  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  of  the  county,  who  before  deciding  upon 
any  book  or  books  shall  consult  with  the  County  Superintend- 
ent of  public  schools  and  at  least  three  leading  teachers  of  the 
county.  Before  any  adoption  shall  be  made  at  least  sixty 
days'  previous  notice  of  the  time  and  place  such  adoption  will 
be  considered  published  once  a  week  for  three  successive 
weeks  in  some  newspaper  having  a  general  circulation 
throughout  the  county,  or  in  the  absence  of  such  newspaper 
to  be  posted  in  at  least  five  different  and  conspicuous  places 
in  the  county  shall  be  given  by  the  School  Board;  any  adop- 
tion made  hereunder  shall  last  at  least  five  years.  The  County 
Superintendent  shall  see  that  the  books  adopted  are  used  by 
the  pupils  and  the  teachers  shall  not  use  any  other  books  in 
teaching. 

13th.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  have  the  effect  to  interfere 
with  or  impair  any  entire  or  partial  adoption  heretofore  made 
and  now  existing  in  any  county  of  the  State. 

14th.  To  prescribe,  in  consultation  with  prominent  teachers, 
a  course  of  study  for  the  schools  of  the  county  and  grade 
them  properly;    and   to  require  to  be  taught  in   every  public 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


19 


school  in  the  county  over  which  they  preside,  elementary 
physioloiry,  especially  as  it  relates  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic 
stimulants  and  narcotics,  morally,  mentally  and  physically;  and 
all  persons  applyincj  for  certificates  to  teach  shall  be  examined 
upon  this  branch  of  study,  under  the  same  conditions  as  other 
brandies  required  by  law. 

ir)th.  To  fix  the  compensation  for  the  services  of  the  County 
Superintendent  of   I^ublic  Instruction. 

16th.  To  })erform  all  acts  reasonable  and  necessary  for  the 
promotion  of  the  educational  interests  of  the  county  aud  the 
general  diffusion  of  knowledge  among  the  citizens. 

17th.  To  hold  regular  meetings  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness, by  arrangement  with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  to  convene  a  special  session  on  emergencies 
when  requested  by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction, 

18th.  To  prepare  on  or  before  the  last  Monday  in  June  of 
each  year,  an  itemized  estimate  showing  the  amount  of  money 
required  for  the  maintenance  of  the  necessary  common  schools 
of  their  county  for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  stating 
the  amount  in  mills  on  the  dollar  of  taxable  property  of  the 
count}',  which  shall  not  be  less  than  three  nor  more  than  five 
mills,  aud  furnish  a  copy  of  the  statement  to  the  Assessor  of 
Taxes  of  the  county,  and  file  a  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Board 
of  Public  Instruction,  and  the  Assessor  shall  assess  the  amount 
so  stated,  and  the  Collector  shall  collect  the  amount  assessed 
and  pay  over  the  same  monthly  to  the  County  Treasurer,  who 
is  also  by  law  School  Treasurer,  to  be  used  for  the  sole  bene- 
fit of  the  public  schools. 

19th.  To  select  candidates  for  admission  to  the  State  Col- 
lege and  Seminaries. 

20th.  To  appoint,  prior  to  any  authorized  examination,  three 
teachers  holding  the  highest  grade  certificate  among  the  teach- 
ers of  the  county  as  a  grading  committee;  and  to  keep  secret 
the  names  of  persons  comprising  said  committee  until  its  work 
is  performed. 

21st.  To  fix  a  school  da}'  to  comprise  not  less  than  five  (5) 
and  not  more  than  six  (0)  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses,  and  the 
time  for  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  for  each  county; 
Prodded^  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as  to  close  before  the 
last  day  of  June. 


1899. 


To  re(iuire 
Physiology 
tauglit. 
Rev.  Stat  . 
Sec.  242, 10th 


To  lix  pay  of 
County  Siiper- 
imeiuieiit. 


Ploutry  pow- 
ers. 


To  hohl  reg- 
uh\r  meetings. 


To  make  an 
itemized  esti- 
mate for  the 
ensuing  scho- 
lastic year. 


Kov.  Stat, 
Sec.  242, 14th. 


To  Seminaries, 
etc. 


To  apiKjint 
Gracljujf    Com- 
mittee. 
A  bbr.  Sec.  O, 
Chap.  4331, 
and  Sec.    14, 
Chapt.  4192. 

To  fix  limics 
of  sch(X)l  day 
and  date  for 
schools  to 
open. 

A  bbr.  Chap- 
4H>r>  aud 
41  «.)<>. 


20 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


To  order  elec- 
tions in  school 
dih^tricts. 
Abbr.  Sec,  2. 
Chapter  4678, 
June  5,    1899. 


Schnol  Board 
Districts. 
Abbr.  Chap. 
4198,   June  2, 
1893. 


To  take  school 
census.    Sec 
2.  Chapter 
4679,  June  5, 
1899. 


fo  look  after 
ioll  taxes. 
Abbr.    Sec.    1, 
Chap.  4666. 


Not  contract 
with  membirs. 
Kev.  Stat., 
Sec.  243. 


22d.  To  order  elections  for  the  creation  of  special  tax  school 
districts,  for  the  selection  of  School  Trustees,  for  fixing  the 
rate  of  millage  to  be  levied  in  such  districts,  whenever  the 
provisions  pertaining  thereto  in  Chapter  4678  are  complied 
with;  to  determine  the  result  of  all  such  elections,  and  to  per- 
form other  duties  prescribed  in  said  Chapter, 

23d.  To  sub-divide  the  county  into  School  Board  Districts, 
to  tile  a  certified  copy  of  their  action  with  the  County  Clerk 
and  publi.sh  the  same,  as  prescribed  in  Chapter  4193,  Session 
Laws  of  1893. 

24th.  To  have  school  census  taken,  in  case  the  County  Su- 
perintendent of  Schools  shall  fail  to  perform  any  duty  imposed 
upon  him  by  the  preceding  section  [Sec.  4>^,  Par.  16tli],  as  and 
when  the  same  is  required  to  be  performed,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  County  School  Board  to  cause  the  same  to  be  done  as  soon 
as  practicable  by  some  person  or  persons  to  be  selected  by  such 
Jjoard. 

25th.  To  examine  at  least  twice  each  year  the  books  and 
records  of  the  Tax  Coibctor  which  relate  to  the  collection  of 
poll  taxes  and  said  Board  shall  require  prompt  settlement  for 
poll  taxes,  assessed,  together  with  those  not  assessed  but  col- 
lected. Any  Tax  Collector  or  member  of  a  County  School  Board 
who  shall  neglect  to  comply  wnth  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  suspended  from  office. 

Sec.  41.  No  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  power 
to  enter  into  contract  with  any  of  its  members,  except  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  school  sites. 


ELECTION  OF  COCXTY   HOARDS  OF    PCULIC  IXSTllUCTIOX 


C<^ unties  to  be 
divided  into 
School  Board' 
Districts.    Sec 
2,  Chapter 
4193, 


Sec.  42.  At  the  first  meeting  in  July,  1894,  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  in  each  county  shall  divide  their 
respective  counties  into  three  county  School  Board  Districts  s< 
as  to  place  in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  same 
number  of  qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  districts  being  !■  o 
drawn  as  to  place  each  election  district  wholly  within  one  or 
another  of  said  county  School  Board  Districts ;  and  the 
members  of  the  County  School  Board  [County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction]  shall  file  in  the  oflice  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Cir. 
cuit  Court  for  such  county  a  certificate  of  their  said  action, 
containing  a  description  of  the  boundaries  of  said  district,  and 
naming  the  election  districts  comprising  each  county  School 
Board  District,  which  certificate  shall  be  published  in  a  news- 


*See  Sections  1, 
LNo.  2.1 


3,   4,  9,    12,   Chapter  4515,   [No.  1]  and  Sec.   2.   Chap.   4516 


') 


UNIVEHSITY 

SCHOOL  LAWS.  '^^ 

paper  publislu^d  in  the  county;  or  if  there  be  no  newspaper  ^^^^' 
published  in  the  county,  then  by  posting  at  the  county  court- 
liouse  door  for  four  weeks  tliereafter.  The  County  School 
JJoard  may  thereafter  change  tiie  boundaries  of  any  such,  dis- 
tricts at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year  of  a  general  election,  ehango.i 
but  such  change  shall  be  certified  in  the  Clerk's  office  and  pub- 
lished as  required  for  fixing  such  districts  in  the  first  instance. 

Sec.  48.  That  at  the  next  general  election,  and  every  two 
ysars  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  in  each  county  in  this 
State  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  hereinafter  men- 
tioned as  the  County  School  Board,  consisting  of  three  mem- 
bers, whose  terms  of  office  shall  begin  the  first  Tuesday  after  Tenure  or 
the  first  Monday  in  January  after  such  election,  and  termi-  ^Jlif^i/*^" 
iiate  upon  the  qualification  of  their  successors  two. years  there- 
after. 

Sko.  44.  *    *    A  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  con- 
sisting of  three  members,  one  member  from  each  School  Board   Abbr.^  sw!  :J, 
l)i>trict,  elected    from  the   several   counties   at  large    of  this   ^imp.  t.5;37 
State,  shall  be  chosen  at  the  general  election  A.  D.  1898,  and 
at  every  general  election  thereafter,  unless  changed  by  law. 

Skc.  45.  All  vacancies  oli  said  Board  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  terra  by  appointment  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 


Wlien   districts 
nuiv  be 


Election  of 
School  Board. 


V'^acaucies 
how  tilled. 


tion,  on  the  iiomination  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public   |^'<^-.  ^'  Chai». 
Instiuction. 

Sl'KCIAL   DL  i  V    OF  MONKOK   (  OINTY    HOAHD. 

Si<:c.  4(j.  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  o.f  Mon-  ^^^^^  j^y 

roe  county  are   hereby  authorized  and   required  to  employ  a  teachers  lor 

competent  teacher   to  instruct   the   Cuban   pupils  of  the   San  Ifhoo^^"^ 

Carlos  school,  in  the  city  of  Kev  West,  in  the  elements  of  the  S'^^Qi'*''^?iv. 
nglish  language. 

Sec.  47.  The  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  make 
provisions  for  the  payment  of  the  salary  of  the  teacher  so  em- 
ployed, out  of  the  common  school  fund  of  said  Monroe 
<^ount3^ 

POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OB^  THE  COUNTY  SUPERIN- 
TENDENT OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Sec.  48.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
is  directed—  Duties  of. 


1st.  To  make  timely  inspection  of  the  county,  to  ascertain 
the  location  in  which  schools  should  be  established,  the  num- 
ber of  youth  who  would  attend  each,  and   the    amount  of  aid  ^e^(S^'o4'f 


To  in'-pect 
county . 


To  «1»C  4«iTk«, 


T«a«Bk»i  in- 


22  ^^  n»  M  »i.  LAWS. 

1899.         that  the  citirens  of  the  neighborhood  will  coutribute  to  eocour- 
"    age  the  establishment  of  a  school. 

2d.  To  visit  each  school  at    least   once  during  each  scho 
To_^^*_*^^     term,  and  to  make   a  thorough  examination  of  its  condition  a.-- 
respects  the  progress  of  the  pupils  in  learning,  the  order  and 
discipline  observed,  the  system  of  inspection  pursued,  the  at- 
tendance of  the  pupils,  the  mode  of  keeping  the  school  retx>rd-. 
the  character  and  condition  of  the  school  buildings,  furnilur 
books,  apparatus  and    premises,    the  efficiency  of  the  soho< 
Supervisor,  the  interest  and  co-operation  of  the  citizens  in  r< 
gard  to  educational  matters. ami  to  orive  <Uih  a«1vive  as  he  ma 
judge  proper. 

3d.  To  do  all  in  his  power  to  awaken  an  increased  mtert- 
in  parents,  guardians,  school  Supervisors  and  teach^^  with  rt 
gard  to  the  better  education    of  jonth   in  every  respect,  and 
the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge. 

4th.  To  confer  with  the  school  Supervisors  frequently  and 
villi  see  that  they  attend  to  their   duties,  keeping  them   supplie"* 
with  a  copy  of  the  school  laws,  decisions,  blanks  and  regul 
tions  of  the  department. 

5th-  To  select  for  school  Supervisors  persons  whose  chara- 
ten  qualifications  and  sympathy  with  education  specially  con. 
mend  them  to  those  positions. 

6th.  To  keep  a  record  by  number,  name  and  description  of 
the  locality  of  each  school  established,   of  the   expenses   ii 
cnrred   for.   and    of   his   visits  of  inspection    to,   the  sever.. 
schools. 

7th.  To  notify  the  ^tate  ^^aperintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, immiediately  upon  entering  his  duties,  of  the  names  and 
addresses  of  all  county  school  officers. 

8th.  To  decide  upon  questions  in  dispute  which  arise  under 
the  operations  of  this  act,  when  submitted  to  him  by  the  par- 
ties interested,  and  to  refer  his  decisions  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

10th.  To  see  that  the  interests  of  the  county  are  properly 
guarded,  and  its  r^hts  aeciired  in  the  making  and  performance 
of  every  eontcact  for  the  construction  of  school  buildings,  or 
f<H-  other  purposes;  and  that  all  moneys  apportioned  to  or 
raised  by  the  county  are  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they 
were  granted  or  raieed. 

J;p.^<y  «•  11th.  To  examine  candidates  for  teaching  and  to  issue  cer- 

tifiratw,  perfonnii^  all  acts  in  connection  therewith  as  pre- 
scribed br  statutes. 


SCHOOL    LAWS.  -23 

T2th.  To  h6l(I  a  special   examination,   and    issue  temporary         1899. 

I'ertificaies  for  a  term  of  not  lonjrer  than  the  interval  between  special  exam 

the  regular  examinations,  provided  tlie  applicant  for  such  cer-  j^'Jir^'s^.a  «, 

tiHcate  t'lirnishes    satisfactory  reasons   for  havino^  failed  to  at-  Chap,   i.i.n.' 
tend  thereg!ilar  examination. 

18th.  To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates,    and    to    suspend 
those  issued  by  other  authority  for  cause  manifestly  sufficient,   su.pemfce"- 
giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  authority  issuing  them  and  of   tifit-ates. 
tlie  grounds   for  so  doing;   also   notifying  the   teacher  in  like   '>Ui'.  '  *  '  '"^ 
jnanner,  and  of  the  right  of  appeal,  to  whom  and  when  such 
iippeal  sliould  be  made.      >See  >Section  72. 

14th.  To   receive   from   the   Grading   Committee,   tile    and 

pronerlv  preservein  his  otHce,  for  at  least  one  year,  all  exami-    Tofiieexam- 
'.'*''.  1  ,  ,•  1    •       ,1  "  ^      ■         J.    1    mation  papers, 

nation  questions;  and  to  publish  in  the  newspaper  nesignatea   etc. 

by  any  dissatisfied  examinee  the  questions  and  his  answers  to    ,4jIJ^;  |^,92l'^' 

the  same  upon  request  and  of  said  examinee. 

15ih.  Acting  as  Secretary  of  the  Count}'  School  Board,  to 
make  and  forward  monthly  a  certified  copy  of  the  monthly 
lists  of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  mentioned  in  To  file  poll  tax 
Section  1  of  this  Act,  [Chapter  4666]  to  the  State  Superin-  chapter  Uim. 
tendent  of  Public  Instruction,  who  shall  file  and  preserve  the 
same  in  his  ofKce  as  a  part  of  the  public  records  and  furnish 
copies  thereof  when  requested  by  citizens  of  this  State. 

16th.  Before  the  15th  day  of  May  in  the  year  1900,  and 
<ivery  ten  years  thereafter,  to  take  the  census  of  all  children 
in  his  county,  between  the  ages  of  6  and  21  years;  and  if  any 
such  children  be  idiots,  or  insane,  or  blind,  or  deaf-mutes  he 
shall  so  state,  and  he  shall  report  such  census  to  the  School 
Board  of  the  county,  and  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Pub-  To  take  school 
lie  Instruction,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  of  the  year  chap.' 4(>i)9."  ' 
in  which  such  census  shall  be  taken.  He  shall  certify  to  such 
report,  as  being  correct,  and  shall  be  paid  three  cents  for  each 
child  80  reported,  and  upon  his  failing  to  perform  the  duties 
herein  required  of  him,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  office.  In 
case  he  shall  employ  any  person  or  persons  to  assist  in  making 
any  such  enumeration  of  such  children,  such  person  or  per- 
sons shall  make  a  sworn  statement  showing  when  and  where 
such  enumeration  was  made,  and  that  the  same  is  correct,  and 
the  same  shall  be  filed  by  the  Superintendent  with  the  School 
Board  as  part  of  his  report. 

Note— County  Superintendent  not  authorized  to  purchase  lands 
for  school  purposes  without  bein<^  authorized  by  County  B'>aT<i  of 
Instruction.  Board  of  Public  lustiuction  Nassau  County  vs.  Bdlings, 
15  Flu.,  688. 


24 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. 


T'wo  examiiia 
tioiis  yearly 

rates  for. 


Section  49.  There  shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year 
in  each  county  in  the  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the 
first  Monday  in  June  and  September,  and  each  may  continue 
one  or  more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  examiner  and  a  vote 
of  the  examinees;  Protnded^  That  only  one  examination  may 
be  held  in  any  county  if  two  be  found  unnecessary;  Provided 
farther^  That  County  Superintendents  may  hold  a  special  ex- 
Spedai  exam-  amination,  and  issue  Temporary  Certificates  for  a  term  of  not 
J),  Chap.  43;? i.  longer  than  the  interval  between  the  regular  examinations, 
provided  the  applicant  for  such  certificate  furnishes  satisfac 
tory  reasons  for 
tion. 


having  failed  to  attend  the  regular  examnia- 


One  examina- 
tion at  county 
seat.  lb.  ^ec. 
11. 


Special  exam- 
inations.    Sec. 
20,  Chap. 
4192. 


"Who  County 
Huperinten- 
cltnt  to  exam- 
ine. 


Questions  to 
be  sent  under 
seal. 


When  to  be 
broken . 


Penalty  for 
cheating. 


Procedure  in 
case  of    aoubt 
as  to  meaning 
of  question. 
Jb.  10. 


Sec.  50.  That  at  least  one  of  the  examinations  of  teachers 
shall  be  held  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  in  which  tin 
examination  is  held.  Provided^  That  where  two  examination- 
are  held  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  may  desig- 
nate another  convenient  place  for  holding  one  of  such  exami- 
nations other  than  the  county  site. 

Sec.  51.  The  State  Superintendent,  for  sufhcient  cause. 
may  order  examinations  held  on  days  other  than  those  pre- 
scribed by  Section  19  [49  above]  of  this  act. 

Sec.  52.  Candidates  for  Third,  Second,  or  First  Grade  Cer- 
tificates shall  be  examined  by  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  on  questions  prepared  in  all  cases  by  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  The  questions 
shall  be  sent  sealed  to  the  County  Superintendents  of  the  va- 
rious counties,  which  seal  shall  not  be  broken  until  the  morn- 
ing of  the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that  day  are  to  be 
used,  and  then  only  in  the  presence  of  the  persons  assembled 
for  examination.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  found 
guilty  of  securing  or  attempting  to  secure  the  prepared  ques- 
tions, or  who  shall  furnish  the  prepared  questions  to  any 
teacher  or  other  person  in  any  other  way  than  prescribed  by 
this  act,  shall  be  debarred  from  teaching  a  school  or  from 
holding  any  school  office  in  this  State.  The  candidates  for 
certificates  shall  ask  no  questions,  nor  receive  assistance  from 
any  source  during  the  examination.  In  case  any  examinee 
may  be  in  doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or  she 
may  state  in  writing  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer  accord- 
ingly, which  answer  shall  receive  due  consideration  in  grading 
the  papers. 


SCriOOL  LAWS. 


2;') 


Sk«'.  53.  All  examination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in  the 
presence  of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  appointed  as- 
sistant, who  shall  collect  the  questions  and  answers  on  each 
branch  as  completed,  and  said  examiner  shall  accept  no  paper 
of  any  examinee  containing  a  name  or  mark  which  would  in- 
dicate to  any  other  than  the  examiner  its  author.  Said  ex- 
aminer shall  himself,  on  collecting  each  paper,  designate  it  b}^ 
a  number  known  only  to  himself,  and  shall  keep  a  record  by 
number  and  by  name  of  the  author  of  each  exammation  paper. 
Every  examinee  shall  complete  and  hand  in  the  answ^ers  on 
eacli  branch  before  the  questions  on  any  other  branch  shall  be 
given  out.  ^yhen  every  examinnee  has  completed  all  the 
branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange  and  bundle  together  all 
the  papers  of  each  examinee  and  shall  deliver  the  whole  to  a 
(trading  Committee. 

GRADING    COMMITTEE. 


1899. 


Mode  of  con  - 
ducting  exam- 
inations, 
lb.  11. 


Sec.  f)4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction,  before  every  public  examination,  to  appoint  a 
Grading  Committee,  and  to  keep  secret  the  names  of  persons 
comprising  said  committee  until  its  work  is  performed. 

Sec.  55.  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to 
any  authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three  teachers  hold- 
ing the  highest  grade  certificate  among  the  teachers  of  the 
county  as  a  Grading  Committee;  said  committee  shall,  imme- 
diately after  the  close  of  any  examination,  carefully  examine 
and  grade  each  paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent. When  the  said  committee  shall  have  completed 
ils  work  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superintendent  all 
pa])ers  turned  over  to  it,  with  a  gradation  sheet  showhig  the 
grade  of  each  examinee  in  each  branch  upon  Avhich  he  or  she 
was  examined,  also  the  average  grade  and  rank  of  jgach  ex- 
aminee. The  County  Superintendent  shall  then,  for  the  first 
time,  make  known  to  the  Grading  Committee  the  names  cor- 
responding to  the  number  of  any  examinee,  and  shall  then,  in 
the  presence  of  said  committee,  present  his  list  and  write  on 
said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of  each  examinee  after  his  or 
her  proper  number.  The  said  Grading  Committee  shall  retain 
one  copy  of  said  gradation  sheet,  and  shall  iile  one  with  the 
County  Superintendent,  who  shall  issue  certificates  to  the  ex- 
aminees, making  averages  according  to  the  provisions  of  Sec- 
tions 1,  2  and  8  [62,  68  and  64  of  this  compilation]  of  this 
act,  and  to  no  others. 


(bounty  Board 
Board  to  ap- 
point and  to 
keep  secret 
names  of 
Sec.  14,  Chap- 
ter 4192. 


Who  eligible. 


Duties  of. 


Gradation 
sheet. 


To  retain  copy, 
t-ec.   G,  Chap, 
4331. 


20 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


To  file    v^apers 
with  County 
Superinten  - 
dent.   8ec'.    i:>, 
4192. 


Pay  of  com- 
mittee. 


Time  allowed. 


Balance  fviiul 
how  applied, 
lb.,  Sec.  15. 


Who  may 
teach.    See.  1, 
Chap.  4192. 
June  8,    1893. 


Five  grades  of. 
lb.,  Sec.  2. 


Mode  of  exam- 
ination. Ib.,;3. 


Whoelit,'ibl( 


Fee.    lb.  1. 


Requirements 
for  Third 
Grade,     FC''.  ^ , 
Chapter    i.VM. 


Sec.  56.  All  examination  questions  and  answers  prepared 
by  the  applicant  for  certificates  shall  be  filed  in  the  ofiice  of 
the  County  Superintendent  and  be  properly  preserved  for  at 
least  one  year;  and  in  case  any  candidate  is  dissatisfied  with 
the  grading  of  his  or  her  papers,  he  or  she  may  authorize  the 
County  Superintendent  to  have  his  or  her  answers,  with  the 
questions,  published  in  any  newspaper  the  examinee  may  des- 
ignate. 

Sec.  57.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  to  i)ay 
the  members  of  the  Grading  Committee  two  dollars  a  day  and 
5  cents  a  mile  each  way,  one  trip,  for  the  actual  distance  trav- 
eled and  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  their  work.  In 
estimating  a  day,  ten  hours  actual  service  shall  be  counted  a 
day,  and  not  more  than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  com- 
pletion of  the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  examination. 
The  Grading  Committee  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  created 
by  the  examination  fees  and  the  balance  of  said  fund  shall  be 
kept  by  the  County  Board  and  be  applied  to  employing  lec- 
turers and  to  defrajdng  the  expenses  of  Teachers'  Institutes  in- 
the  count^^ 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES. 

Section  58.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  State  who  does  not  hold  a  teacher's  cer- 
tificate, granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  59.  There  shall  be  five  grades  of  certificates  issued  as 
herein  specified,  and  named  respectively,  to-wit:  Third  Grade, 
Second  Grade,  First  Grade,  State,  and  Life,  Certirtcates. 

Sec.  60.  No  certificate,  except  Life  Certificates,  shall  be 
issued  except  on  written  examination,  or  written  and  oral  ex- 
aminations, as  provided  in  this  act. 

Sec.  61.  Any  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  any  grade,  before 
being  eligible  for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  examiner  a 
written  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  from  a  responsi- 
ble person,  and  shall  pay  an  examination  fee  of  one  dollar, 
which  fund  shall  be  applied  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  62.  An  applicant  for  a  Third  Grade  Certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  orthography,  reading,  arithmetic,  English  gram- 
mar, composition,"  United  States  history,  geography,  ph\'si- 
ology,  and  theory  and  practice  of  teaching,  and  must  make  an 
average  grade  in  the  above  named  branches  of  sixty  (60)  per 
cent.,  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  forty  (40)  per  cen-t. 
The  examination  in  readinor  shall  be  both  oral  and  written. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


^ 


JSs-:c.  63.  A  Second  Grade  Certificate  .shall  be  issued  on  ex- 
amination in  the  branches  as  prescribed  for  Third  Grade  Cer- 
tificate. An  average  grade  of  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent,  shall 
be  required,  with  a  gi-ade  in  no  branch  below  fifi}^  (')0)  per 
cent. 

Sec.  64.  An  applicant  for  a  First  Grade  Certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  civil  government,  algebra  and  physical  geography, 
in  addition  totbe  branches  required  for  a  Third  Grade  Certifi- 
cate. An  applicant  for  a  P^irst  Grade  Certificate  must  make 
an  average  grade  of  eighty  (80)  per  cent,  and  shall  grade  in 
no  branch  below  sixty  (60)  per  cent. 

Skc.  65.  A  State  Certificate  shall  be  issued  only  by  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Listruction  to  persons  holding  a 
First  Grade  Certificate  and  who  have  taught  at.  least  twenty- 
four  (24)  months,  (eight  months  of  which  must  have  been 
taught  in  this  State  successfully  under  a  First  Grade  Certifi- 
cate). The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  issue 
no  State  Certificate  except  on  written  examination  in  the  fol- 
lowing branches:  Geometry,  trigonometry,  physics,  zoology, 
botany,  Latin,  rhetoric,  English  literature,  mental  science  and 
general  history.  A  candidate  for  a  State  Certificate  must 
make  an  average  grade  on  the  prescribed  branches  of  eighty- 
five  (85)  per  cent,  with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty 
(60)  per  cent. 

Sec.  66.  Any  teacher  holding  a  State  Certificate  issupd  un- 
ler  this  Act,  and  such  of  Chapter  4192  of  the  Laws  of  Florida 
IS  are  not  hereby  repealed,  and  wiio  has  taught  successfully  in  a 
High  School  in  this  State  for  the  period  of  thirty  (80)  months, 
may  be  granted  a  Life  Certificate  by  the  State  Superintendent, 
without  further  examination,  if  endorsed  by  three  persons 
holding  State  Certificates  as  possessing  eminent  teaching  abil- 
ity and  as  having  been  eminently  successful  in  governing  and 

mducting  a  school. 

Sec.  67.  Third  Grade  Certificates  shall  be  good  only  in  the 
<'0unty  in  which  they  are  issued. 

Sec.  (^S.  First  and  Second  Grade  Certificates  may  be  en- 
dorsed by  the  County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the 
State,  and  shall  then  be  good  in  the  county  in  which  it  is  en- 
orsed  as  well  as  the  one  in  which  it  was  issued. 


1899. 


Sec.  69.  A  Third  Grade   Certificate  sh;i]l  be  good  for  two 

vearsfrom  date  ef  issue.     A  Second    Grade   Certificate    shall 

e  good  for  three  yrars  from  date  of  issue,  and  a  Kirst  Grade 

ertificate  shall  be   good  for   four   years  from  date  of  issue. 


For  Pcconti 
Graie.  lb. 
Sec.  -2, 


For  First 
Grade.    Sec. 


For  State  Cer- 
tificate, 
lb.,  Sec.  4. 


For  Ijife  Cer- 
titicate. 
lb.,  Sec.  5. 


Third  Grade 
limited, 
lb.,  Sec.  7. 


First  and  Sec- 
ond Grades 
transferrable. 
lb..  Sec.  8. 


Term  of. 
lb.,  Sec.  10. 


28 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Who  entitldl 
to  benefits . 
lb..  Sec.  12. 


First  Grade  is- 
suable upon 
what  diplomas. 


Proviso, 
lb.,  Sec.  l;}. 


Revocation  of. 
Sec.  18,  Chap. 
4192. 


With  regards 
to  studies  and 
mora  s. 
Rev.   Stat., 
Sec.  253. 


To  habits  of 
pupils. 


School  prop- 
erty. 


To  disci  >line. 


To  suspend 
pupils. 


And  all  certificates  granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  [Chapter  4881]  and  such  of  Chapter  4192  of  the 
laws  of  Florida  as  are  not  hereby  repealed,  shall  be  re-issiiable 
upon  examination. 

Sec.  70.  That  all  persons  holding  certificates  granted  in  ar 
cordance  with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  119*2  of  the  laws  oi 
l^lorida,  shall  be  entitled  to   all  the  benefits  and  governed  by 
the  provisions  of  this  act  \_Chap.  4331]. 

Sec.  71.  That  any  person  holding  a  diploma  of  graduation 
from  either  of  the  State  Normal  Colleges  of  this  State,  upon 
presentation  of  said  diploma  to  any  County  Superintendent  in 
this  State,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  First  Grade  Certificate  with- 
out examination;  Prodded^  The  person  holding  such  diploma 
applies  for  such  certificate  within  one  year  from  the  granting 
of  such  diploma. 

Sec.  72.  A  certificate  of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  tlie 
authority  issuing  it,  when  the  holder  proves  to  be  unsuccess- 
ful, incompetent,  or  is  proven  guilty  oi  any  gross  immorality. 
A  First  [or  Second]  Grade  Certificate  may  be  revoked  for  any 
of  the  above  reasons  by  a  County  Superintendent  endorsing 
it. 

DUTIES  AND  POWERS  OF  TEACHEllS. 

Section  73.  Every  teacher  is  directed — 

1st.  To  labor  faithfully  and  earnestly  for  the  advancenient 
of  the  pupils  in  their  studies,  deportment  and  morals,  and  to 
embrace  every  opportunity  to  inculcate,  by  percept  and  ex- 
ample, the  principles  of  truth,  honesty,  patriotism,  and  the 
practice  of  Qx^ry  Christian  virtue. 

2d.  To  require  the  pupils  to  observe  personal  cleanliness, 
neatness,  order,  promptness  and  gentility  of  manners,  to  avoid 
vulgarity  and  profanity,  and  to  cultivate  in  them  habits  of  in- 
dustry and  economy,  a  regard  for  the  rights  and  feelings  of 
others,  and  their  own  responsibilities  and  duties  as  citizens. 

3d.  To  see  that  the  school-house,  and  all  things  pertaining 
thereto,  are  not  unnecessarily  defaced  or  injured. 

4th.  To  enforce  needful  restrictions  upon  the  conduct  of 
the  pupils  in  or  near  the  school-house  or  grounds,  avoiding  at 
all  times  unnecessary  severity  and  measures  of  punishment 
that  are  degrading  in  their  tendency. 

5th.  To  suspend  pupils  from  school  for  ten  days  for  gross 
immorality,  misconduct  or  persistent  violations  of  the  regula. 
tions,  giving  immediate    notice  to  the  parents  or  guardian  of 


SCHOOL   LAWS. 


29 


tlie  pupil,  :in<l  to  the  school  >wj)ervisor,  of  the  suspension  and  1B99. 

tlie  cause  of  it. 

6th.    To  hold    a  puhlic    exaniinaion  at   the  close    of  each  to  iioid  exam 

Bcliool  term,  either  oral  or  written.  iaations. 


7th.  To  deliver  up  the  ke^^s  and  all  school  property  to  the 
Supervisor    on   closinor  or  suspendins:  the  school,    and  in   all    ro  confo 
thnigs  to  conform  to  the  regulations  ot  the  department. 

Se<".  74.  No  teacher,  while  actually  engaged  in   his  profes-    Exemi)tious. 


1-1  n  to 
Illations. 


sion,  shall  be  liable  to  military  or  jury  duty. 

SCHOOL  SUPERYISOKS. 

Section  75.  Every  Supervisor  is  directed — 

1  St.  To  supervise  the  work  and  management  of  the  sc 


and 


lool 
report 


i 


and    its    interests    over    which    he  is   appointe 
monthly  to  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

•2d.  To  supervise  the  construction,  rental,  repair  and  im- 
]>rovement  of  the  school  buildings,  furniture,  fences,  grounds 
and  fixtures;  to  procure  a  copy  of  the  school  laws,  regulations 
and  decisions  for  the  use  of  the  teacher  and  for  his  own  in- 
struction. 

od.  To  attend,  at  all  times,  when  requested  by,  and  co-oper- 
ate with  the  teacher  in  his  efforts  to  elevate  the  character  and 
condition  of  the  school;  to  review  all  suspensions  from,  school 
by  the  teacher  of  pupils  guilty  of  gross  misconduct  and  a  dis- 
regard of  and  persistent  opposition  to  the  authority  of  the 
teacher,  and  to  promptly  report  the  same  to  the  County  Su- 
erintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


Sec.  76.  Whenever  a  special  school  district  is  created  and 
Trustees  are  elected,  they  shall  have  the  supervision  of  all  the 
public  schools  within  said  district.  The  position  of  Supervisor 
shall  be  suspended  by  that  of  Trustees,  and  the  duties  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  Supervisors  shall  be  performed  by  the 
Trustees. 


lb.,  Sec.   25-1. 


Duties  of. 
Kev.   Stat. 


To  report 
montlilv. 


To  suporvi'^e 
th  ;  propapty 


To  CO  operate 
with  teacher. 


To  review  sus- 
pensions and 
rei))rt. 


Supervi-<or  «u- 
I)efeded. 
A  bbr. ,  Sec.  8, 
Chapter  4678. 


A  SCHOOL  YEAR,  TERM,  ETC. 

Sec.  77.  Beginninor  with  July  1st,  A.  1).  18^8,  the  school 
year  for  all  ])ublic  schools  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  July 
and  end  with  the  last  day  of  the  following  June;  and  all  re- 
ports, financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  Department  shall 
embrace  such  business  and  matters  only  as  take  place  within 
the  limits  of  the  school  vear  thus  deiined. 


school  year. 
Sec.  1,    Chap 
4i{)6. 


80 


SCIKX^L  LAW  S. 


1899. 

When  school* 
maA-  be.ariu. 
lb. ,  Sec.  2. 


Openinp:  and 
closing  of; 
schools.     lb. 
i>ec.2. 


School  (lay. 
Chap  4125, 
JuneH,  1898. 


Mou'.h. 


Term . 

Year. 

Holidays. 
Kev  Stat. 
Sec.   25(>. 


Lost  time, 
lb.,    Sec    25" 


Sec.  78.  No  school  in  any  county  shall  begin  before  July 
1st  of  the  school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs 
and  for  which  the  apportionment  was  made. 

Sec  79.  The  time  for  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  for 
each  county  shall  be  determined  by  the  County  Hoard  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction;  Proinded^  That  all  !*chools  must  begin  so  as 
to  close  before  the  last  day  of  June. 

Sec.  80.  1st.  A  school  day  shall  comprise  not  less  than  five 
(5)  and  not  more  than  six  (6)  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses. 
The  time  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 
each  county. 

2d.  A  school  month  contains  twenty  days,  exclusive  of  the 
first  and  last  days  of  the  week. 

3d.  A  school  term  contains  four  school  months. 

4th.  The  school  year  contains  two  terms. 

Sec.  81.  All  recognized  State  or  National  holidays  are 
school  holidays."* 

Sec.  82.  Lost  time  may  be  made  uj)  by  a  teacher,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  School  Supervisor,  when  no  conflict  would 
be  occasioned  with  the  arrangements  of  the  Hoard  of  Pul)lic 
Instruction. 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOLS. 


Designation  of 
school  dis- 
tricts.   Sec.   1, 
Chapter  4678. 


Election   for 
creating  a  t-pe- 
cial  tax  school 
district. 


Sec' 80.  That  each  county  shall  constitute  a  school  unit; 
that  all  sub-divisions  of  a  county  for  school  purposes  shall 
be  designated  as  school*  districts  ;  all  school  districts  levying 
a  school  district  tax  shall  hereafter  be  designated  as  special 
tax  school  districts,  and  all  schools  receiving  any  district 
tax,  as  special  tax  schools. 

Sec  84.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Hoard  of  Public  In- 
structien  of  any  county  to  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  any 
sub-division  of  any  city  or  incorporated  town,  community  or 
sub-division  of  the  county,  at  such  time  and  place  as  said 
Board  may  direct,  whenever  one-fourth  of  the  qualified  elec- 
tors that  pay  a  tax  on  real  or  personal  property,  and  are 
resident  in  such  city,  incorporated  town,  community,  or  sub- 
division   of    the    county,  shall    petition  for  such  election,  to 


*The  legal  holidays  are:  The  first  day  of  the  week,  Sundav,  .January 
1st.  .New  Year's  Ddy;. January  19th.  Birth  Dpy  of  Kot-ert  E.  Ler;  February 
2wM.  Washington's  Birth- Day;  April  26th,  Memorial  Day;  .Tune  3i,  Birth-day 
of  .Jcfiferso'i  Davis;  .July  4th,  Independence  Day:  first  Mondoy  in  Septembei-, 
Labor  Day:  General  E'ection  Day;  Thanksgiving  Day;  December  35th, 
Chri-traas  Day.--Ft<:l';  Revised  Statutes,  Section  ?;U5,  and  Chapters  4058,  4198, 
4>^17a!  d4l8«,  L:iw8of  Fl  jrida. 


SCHOOl.  LAWS.  ^U 

(leterrnine  wlu'ther  such  city,  incorporate*!  town,  conimuuity         1899. 
or  Rub-<livision  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax  school  " 

district  for  the   purpose    of  levying    and  collecting  a    district 
school  tax  for  the  exclusive  use  of  public  free  schools  within        .    . 
the  district;  at  such  election    the   following    matters  shall  be    neces'sary. 
iletermined  by  a  majority  of  the  ballots  cast  by  electors  quali- 
lied   as  herein  prescribed,    except  that  the   three    persons  re- 
ceiving the  highest  vote    at    such   election   shall    be  declared 
School  Trustees   of  said  district:     First,  whether  the  city,  in-    Matters  to  be 
corporated   town,    community    or  sub-division  of  the  county   cietermmed. 
shall  become  a  special   tax  school  district ;    Second,  who  shall 
be  the  School  Trustees  of  said  district;   Third,  the  number  of 
mills  of  district  tax   to  be  levied  and   collected    aunuall}'^  for 
the   two  succeeding  years.     The  three  persons  receiving  the 
highest  number  of    votes  cast  shall  be   declared  the  Trustees 
elected  for  the  special  tax  school  district;  provided,  a  majority   ry^^^^  ^f  Tms 
of  all  the  votes  cast  be  in  favor  of  creating   such   special   tax  tees,    iix 
district,  who  shall  serve  for  the  next  ensuing   two  years   and   ^^^ 
I)erform  the  duties  hereinafter  prescribed. 

Skc.  85.  The  petition    mentioned    above    in  this    act   shall 
prescribe  the  boundaries  of  the    sub-division    of  any  city,   or  ,  ^. 

^-  .  *     1     ♦  4.  I    ;]•  i\\        Bounds  of  dis- 

city,   incorporated    town,    community    or    sub-division  of  the   trkttobe  pie- 
county  intended  to  be   formed  into  a  special   tax  school  dis-  s^"t>ed. 
trict.     The  l^oard  of  Public  Instruction  may,  however,  change 
the    boundaries    thereof    before  ordering  any    such  election  ;   Jjj^'igg^*^ 
but  shall  in  tio  case  include  territory  not  included   in  original 
petition,  and  shall  give    notice    of    any  .such    change    in    the 
notice  of  election.     Special  tax  school  districts  created  under 
this  act,   shall   continue   until   dis-established   or   changed  by 
like  proceeding   as    those   by  which  they  were  created.     The 
petition  provided  for  by  Section   2  (Sec.  84)  of  this  act   shall 
be  published  once  a  week,   for  four  (4)    successive  weeks,  in 
some  newspaper  published  in  the  county  having  a  general  cir- 
culation throughout  the  county;  and  the  publication  shall  state    ^^u^hshed^^  ^ 
when   such  petition  shall  be   presented  to  such    Boards.     Tn    ib.,  Sec.  :'i. 
case  there  shall  be  no  newspaper    published    in    the   county, 
such   petition  and  notice  shall  be  posted   in   the   manner  pro- 
vided in  Section  4  [Sec.  86]  of  this  act  for  the  posting  of  no- 
tice of  election. 

Sec.  86.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   Board  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  county  to  cause   a  notice    of  said  election  to    uof/to  be  pub- 
be    published  once  a   week  for   four  successive  weeks  prior  li^^iied. 
thereto  in  a  newspaper  published  within   the  county,  an<l  hav- 
ing a]  general    circulation    throughout  the   county;   but  if  no 
newspaper  be  published  in  said  county,  then  it  shall  cause  five 


Term  of. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Who  to  ap- 
point inspector 
etc.     lb., 
StC.  4. 


Who  eligible 
to  vote . 


Who   pay   co-t 
of  eleetit)n. 
Jb.,   Sec.  7. 


Mode  of  con  - 
ducting  elec- 
tions. 


Duty  of  Super- 
Yisor  of    Hegis- 
tratioix.    lb., 
.>iec.  H. 


Who  to  can- 
vass vote, 
lb.,  Sec.  5. 


Elections  to  be 
held  bienni- 
ally, lb., 
Sec.  «, 


Form  of  ballot. 


written  or  printed  notices  of  said  election  to  be  posted  in  live 
public  places  within  the  territory  in  which  tlie  election  is 
ordered.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  IJoard  of  Public 
Instruction  to  appoint  inspectors  and  clerks  for  said  election, 
whose  di\ties  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  similar  officers  in 
general  elections,  except  as  herein  stated. 

Sec.  87.  All  qualified  voters  residing  within  the  territory 
sought  to  be  made  a  special  tax  school  district  that  pay  a  tnx 
on  real  or  personal  property  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  said 
election,  and  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  determine  any 
matter  voted  upon,  pertaining  to  a  special  tax  school  district. 
The  cost  of  the  publication  of  the  notice  of  such  election,  and 
of  the  election  itself,  shall  be  paid  by  the  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  out  of  the  first  moneys  collected  from  the 
special  tax  district. 

Sec.  88.  All  special  tax  school  district  elections  shall  l)e 
held  and  conducted  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  for  hold- 
ing general  elections,  except  as  provided  in  this  act,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  of  Registration  of 
any  county  to  furnish,  upon  payment  for  such  service,  to  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  on  demand,  a  certified 
list  of  the  qualified  voters  residing  in  a  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict, or  the  territory  to  be  created  into  a  special  tax  school 
district,  that  have  paid  a  tax  on  real  or  personal  property  for 
the  year  next  preceding  any  such  special  tax  election. 

Sec.  89.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  canvass  the 
returns  of  election  as  made  to  it  by  the  inspectors  and  clerks 
of  election,  and  declare  the  results  at  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  said  Board,  qr  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Sec.  90.  Elections  shall  be  held  bi-ennially  in  each  special 
tax  school  district,  as  near  as  practicable  upon  the  anniversary 
of  the  original  election,  under  the  direction  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction,  to  determine  who  shall  be  Trus- 
tees for  the  succeeding  two  years,  and  the  number  of  mills  of 
district  school  tax  to  be  levied  for  each  of  said  years;  said 
elections  shall  be  held  under  the  same  rules  and  regulations, 
and  qualifications  of  electors  shall  be  the  same  as  prescribed 
for  those  voting  in  the  original  election  creating  a  special  tax 
school  district. 

Sec.  91.  Each  voter  voting  at  any  election  under  this  act 
shall  vote  but  one  ballot,  and  the  same  shall  be  written,  or 
printed  in  black  ink  on  plain  white  paper,  and  be  substantially 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

of  the  following  form,  according  as  he  may  desire  to  vote  upon 
any,  or  all  of  the  questions  submitted: 

For  (or  Against)  S|3ecial  Tax  School  District 

School  Trustees  (stating  their  names) JJu'ami*^  ^'^ 


lb  . see   17. 


Maximum  tax  levy 


milh 


Nothinsc 


this    act    shall  have    the    effect  to    abi-()o;<ite 


or  anywise  impair  any  existing  school  su6-dfstrict,  [Spec- 
ial Tax  School  District]  but  the  same  are  hereafter  to  be  gov- 
erned b}'  this  act. 

DUTLES  AND  POWERS  OF  SCHOOL  TRUSTEES. 


Skt.  92.  Whenever  a  special  tax  school  district  is  created 
and  Trustees  are  elected,  they  shall  have  the  supervision  of  all 
the  public  schools  within  said  district.  The  position  of  Su- 
pervisor shall  be  superseded  by  that  of  Trustees,  and  the  du- 
ties prescribed  by  law  for  Supervisors  shall  be  performed  by 
the  Trustees.  The  powers  of  Trustees  shall  not  be  those  of 
control,  but  of  supervision  only,  and  shall  extend  to  all  the 
public  schools  within  the  special  district.  Any  Trustee  fail- 
ing to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  position  shall  be  removed, 
after  due  notice  to  such  Trustee,  by  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  and  all  vacancies  occurring  in  the  Board  of 
Trustees  from  any  cause,  shall  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term 
by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  upon  nomination 
by  tHe  patrons  of  the  school. 

Sec.  93.  All  public  schools  conducted  within  a  special  tax 
school  district  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the 
County  Board  of  Public*  Instruction  and  County  Superintend- 
ent as  in  other  districts,  and  subject  to  the  same  laws,  rules 
and  regulations  prescribed  for  the  conduct  of  other  schools, 
e.^cept  that  the  Trustees  shall  have  the  power  to  nominate  to 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  teachers  for  all  schools 
within  such  special  district ;  Pronided^  That  no  person  be 
nominated  for  teacher  who  does  not  hold  a  teacher's  certifi- 
cate unimpaired  by  suspension,  revocation  or  limitation,  or 
that  will  not  remain  in  full  force  for  the  term  of  school,  and 
obtained  in  compliance  with  the  laws  of  the  State.  The 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  the  right  to 
reject  any  teacher  nominated,  and  in  case  the  second  nomina- 
tion of    a  teacher  for  any  position   be    not   ratified,  the    said 


To  supersede 
the  SupervitLor 


Subject  to  re- 
moval . 


Vaeaucies  how 
filled.    lb., 
Sec.  J). 


Under  control 
of  County 
Boaid. 


May  nominate 
teacher^j. 


County  Board 
may  reject, 
lb.,  Sec.  10. 


84 


SCHOOL   1>A\VS. 


1899. 


To  apportion 
district  lumls. 
lb.,  8ec.  11. 


To  prepare 
itemized  esti 
mate. 


To  certify 
mill  age.' 


To  report 
railroad  and 
telegraph 
lines. 


With  whom  to 
tile  copies . 


Duties  of  other 
officers  in  leUi- 
tiou  to. 


Board  shall  then  proceed  on  its  own  motion,  to  till  vacanrios 
in  the  teaching  force  in  any  school  in  the  special  tax  school 
district. 

Sec.  94.  'J'iie  Board  of  Trustees  shall  hare  the  further 
right  to  say  what  proi)ortion  of  the  school  funds  raised  within 
the  district  sliall  be  applied  in  any  year  to  buildings,  repair.n 
on  buildings,  to  school  libraries,  to  salaries  of  teachers,  and 
to  other  educational  purposes;  Fromded^  That  they  shall 
make  a  fair  and  equitable  distribution  of  the  funds  among  all 
the  schools  in  the  special  tax  school  district,  which  shall  be 
shown  in  theii'  itemized  estimate. 

Skc.  95.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  Trustees,  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year,  to  prepare  an  itemized 
estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money  necessary  and  likely 
to  be  raised  for  the  supplement  of  the  county  school  funds 
appropriated  to  the  district  for  the  next  ensuing  scholagtic  year, 
and  to  certify  therein  the  rate  of  millage  voted  to  be  assessed 
and  collected  upon  the  taxble  property  within  the  special 
tax  school  district  for  that  year.  This  estimate  shall  set 
forth  clearly  the  apportionment  of  money  raised  within  the 
district  prorated  to  each  school  within  the  district,  stating 
the  amount  that  will  be  applied  to  the  salaries  of  teachers, 
buildings,  furniture  or  for  other  educational  purposes.  It 
shall  also  state  the  number  of  miles  of  railroad  track  and 
telegraph  lines  within  the  bounds  of  the  district.  This  item- 
ized estimate  shall  be  made  in  triplicate,  one  copy  to  be  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners,  one 
copy  wMth  the  Comptroller  of  the  State,  one  copy  with  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction ;  Promded^  That  where 
there  are  no  railroad  or  telegraph  lines  in  such  district  such 
itemized  estimate  need  not  be  furnished  to  the  Comptroller. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Commissioners  to  order 
the  Assessor  to  assess,  and  the  Collector  to  collect  the  amount 
legally  assessed  upon  the  property  of  the  special  district,  at 
the  rate  of.  millage  designated  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and 
pay  the  same  to  the  County  Treasurer ;  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  to  assess^ 
all  railroads  and  railroad  property,  together  wdth 
telegraph  line*  and  telegraph  property  situated  in 
such  school  special  district,  and  to  collect  the  taxes  thereon  in 
the  same  manner  ag  required  by  law  to  assess  and  collect  said 
taxes  for  State  and  county  purposes,  and  to  remit  the  same  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  counties,  to  be  by  them  held  to  the  credit 
of  each  special  tax  school  district  fund  and  to  be  paid  out  as 
hereinafter    provided.     It    shall  be   the  duty  of  the   County 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  :^5 

Board  of  Public  Instruction   to  add   the  amount  set  apart  for         1899. 

the  salaries  of  teachers  in  each  school  within   the  special  tax   (ouuty  Board 

school   district    to   the    county    appropriation    made    for  that   '^^  jl'^^ ^J,j*J,'j*^'* 

school,  and  upon  this  determine  the  salaries  to  be  paid  teachers   term. 

and  the  length  of  the  term  that  the  school  shall  continue,  and 

contract  with  teachers  for  the  full  term  that  said  fund,  arising 

from  both  county  appropriation  and  the  special  tax  fund,  will 

^ustain   the  school.     The   part   of  this  fund  arising  from  the 

special  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the  teachers  upon  the  order  of  the 

County  Board  based  upon  reports  approved  by    the  Trustees, 

the  same  as  other  school  funds  are  paid  upon  the  endorsement 

of  school  Supervisors.     The  County  Treasurer  shall  be  liable   ^^^^^'^^ J^o^^'' " 

for  all  s{)ecial  tax  school   district  funds  upon  his  official  bond,   his  bond  for 

after  receiving  said  funds,  as  in  the  case   of  other  county  rev-   ib^fs^c.  r"^''' 

enues. 


I 


Skc.  96.  Tlie  special   tax  fund  set  apart  by  the  Board  of  The  fund  .et 
Trustees  for  the  payment  of  teachers  shall   not  be  subject  to  Jf^jJ^^ot  u^bc*'' 
leqnisition  for  any  oihei"  purpose   by  said  Trustees;  the  fundn  used  lor  other 
<'sti mated  for  other  educational  purposes  shall  be  paid  out  by  f"" i^^''*^''- 
warrants  of  the    Board    of  Public  Instruction   of  the  county 
upon  the  County  Treasurer,  said   warrants  to  be  based  upon 
requisitions  made  by   the  Board   of  Trustees  accompanied  by 
itemized  bills  for  things   purchased  or  work   performed.     All  other  part 
special  funds  collected   within  a  school  district  shall  be  dis-  ™i^d  so^ieiy  to 
btirsed  solely  for  school  purposes  within  the  district  in  which  education. 
<'ollected,  and,  as  near  as  practicable,  in  the  year  in  which  the 
tax  is  collected,  upon    the  recommendation   of  the  Board  of  JJ^W^^JrJ  JJ'^Jh 
Trustees;    Provided^  That  the  Trustees  shall  make   no  con-  oneof  itsmem- 
tract  with  one  of  its  members   embracing  any  monetary  con-  sec?i3. 
tJiideration. 

Skc.  97.  The  Trustees  of  any  school  district  shall  be  a 
corporation  and  may  hold  property,  sue  and  be  sued,  and  per-  JorutSn.^  ^^^ 
form  other  corporate  functions,  and  perform  the  usual  duties 
necessary  to  provide  buildings,  repair  the  same,  and  to  pur- 
chase libravies  and  other  school  appliances;  Provided^  That  no 
debt  shall  be  created  without  the  approval  of  the  County  debt. 
Board  of  Public  Instruction.  ^^'•'  ^^''-  ^^• 

Sec.  98.  Children  residing  outside  of  any  special  tax  school 

district  shall  not  attend   school  in   any  such  district  without  Trustees  may 

the  consent  of  the  Trustees  thereof,  and  of  the  County  Board  J^'^fte^'^fd'a'^''^' 

of  Public   Instruction;  Provided^    That   nothing   in   this  act  special  tax 

t»hall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  attendance  from  an  adjoin-  gee^^iis. 
sng  county,  provided  the   County   School   Board   of  iuch  ad- 


36 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


To  audit  Tux 
OoUcctoi's 
Commission. 
Kxt.  from  Sec. 
12,  Cliap. 
4515. 


Duties- of  Tax 
Collector  in 
regard  to. 
Sec.  14,  Char. 
4322. 


Both  real  and 
personal  prop- 
erty responsi- 
ble for. 
lb  ,  Abbr. 
Sec  15. 


Tax  Collect«ir 
to  tile  certi  - 
fied  lists. 


School  Roani 
to  examine 
his  books. 


joining  county  sliall  pay  a  pro  rata  sliare  of  such  attendance- 
Such  pro  rata  share  to  be  estimated  by  the  Trustees  of  such 
school  where  such  attendance  is  made;  Proindedfnrther^  That 
pupils  from  other  districts  or  sub-districts  [special  tax  school 
districts]  shall  be  subject  to  same  conditions  as  pupils  from 
other  counties  as  provided  in  this  act. 

Sec.  99.  The  commissions  for  collecting   the  tax  for  school, 
sub-districts   [special  tax  school  districts]        *       *       shall  be 
audited  and  allowed  by  the  Trustees  of   such  school,       * 
and  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  two  per  cent,  on  such  collections. 

LAWS  RELATING  TO  POLL  TAXES. 

Sec.  100.  A  poll  tax  of  one  dollar  shall  be  levied  upon  each 
male  person  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  jears,  and  under  th 
age  of  fifty-five  years,  except  such  as  have  lost  a  limb  in  bat 
tie,  which  tax  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  school  fund,  and 
shall  be  collected  when  taxes  on  property  are  collected.  It 
shall  be  illegal  for  a  Collector  to  give  any  receipt  for  taxes  on 
any  property  until  his  poll  tax  is  paid,  and  the  Collector  shall 
on  the  first  day  of  each  month  make  out  a  statement  giving 
the  names  of  the  parties  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  and 
present  the  same  sworn  to  by  said  Collector  to  the  County 
Commissioners  at  their  regular  meeting  and  present  the  receipt 
of  the  County  Treasurer  for  the  same. 

Src.  101.  *  *  The  assessment  of  personal  property  shall 
be  made  separate  from  the  assessment  of  real  estate,  but  per- 
sonal property  shall  be  responsible  for  the  taxes  on  real  estate, 
and  real  estate  shall  be  responsible  for  the  taxes  on  personal 
property,  and  both  shall  be  responsible  for  a  poll  tax. 

Sec.  102.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax  Collector  in  every  county  of  this 
State  to  file  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  every  month  with 
the  County  School  Board  [County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion], a  certified  list  of  the  names  of  all  persons 
w^hose  poll  taxes  were  paid  during  the  previous  month, 
giving  the  year  for  which  such  payments  were  made.  A  copy 
of  this  list  shall  also  be  filed  with  the  County  Commissioners 
with  a  receipt  from  the  County  Treasurer  for  the  amount  col- 
lected as  such  poll  taxes.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  School 
Board  [County  Board  of  Public  Instruction]  to  examine 
at  least  twice  each  year  the  books  and  records  of 
the  Tax  Collector  which  relate  to  the  collection  of  poll 
taxes  and  said  Board  shall  require  prompt  settlement  for  all 
poll  taxes  assessed,  together  with  those  not  assessed  but  col- 
lected. 


SCHOOL   LAWS.  37 

Any  Tax  ('olleot(H-  or  nieniher  of  a  ('«niiUy  Scliool    Board         1899. 

[County  IJoard  of    Puhlit*  fnstriKttion]    wlio    shall    neglect  to    noth^ubiect~ 

complv  with    the   provisions   of  this  act    sliall    be    suspended  ^  susi>ensioD. 
-        '    *    ,.  '  ^  Sec.    1.    Chap, 

from  ofnce.  46()6. 

Sec.  108.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  acting  as  Secretary  of  the  County  School 
Hoard  [County    Hoard  of   Public    Instruction],   to  make  and    f.Sd'eift'tr'^ 
forward   monthly   a    certified  copy    of  the    monthly    lists    of   fiiecerti^ed 
persons  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  mentioned  in  Section   collected*  with   / 
1    [Sec.    lOti]    of   this     Act,    to    the    State    Superintendent   ^iden?^^""' 
of  l*ublic  Instruction,  who  shall  file  and  preserve  the  same  in   ib. ,  8ee.  -2. 
his  office  as  a  part   of  the    public   records  and   furnish   copies 
thereof  when  requested  bj^  citizens  of  this  State. 

DUTIES    OF    OFFICKKS    IN    KEGAHD    TO    SCHOOL 
TAXES  AND  FUNDS. 

Sec.  104.    It  shall    be   the  duty   of   the  Assessor   in   each 
county,  immediately  after  the   assessment  of  the  county  has 
ben  reviewed  and  equalized  by  the  County  Commissioners,  and   ot  Assessor  lo 
the  amount  to  be  raised  for  State  and  county  and  school  sub-    taxes.^ 
district  [special  tax  school  district]   and  road  sub-district  pur-   45i"5'jSne^5 
poses  determined,  to  calculate  and   carry  out  the  total  amount   1897'. 
of  State  taxes  and  the  total  amount  of  county  taxes,  and  the 
tot^l  amount  of  school  sub-district  [special  tax  school  district] 
and  road  sub-district  taxes  in  three  separate  columns  prepared 
for  that  purpose  in  the  assessment  roll,  setting  opposite  to  the 
aggregate  sum  set  dow^n  as  the  valuation  of  real  and  personal 
estate  the  respective  sums  assessed  as  taxes  thereon  in  dollars 
and  cents,  etc. 

Sec.  105.  The  County  Commissioners  shall  determine  the 
amount  to  be  raised  for  all  county  purposes,  and  shall  enter 
upon  their  minutes  the  rate  to  be  levied  for  each  fund  respect- 
ively, and  shall  ascertain  the  aggregate  rate  necessary  to  cover  missioqers 
all  such  taxes  and  report  the  same  to  the  Assessor,  who  shall 
carry  out  the  full  amount  of  taxes  for  all  county  purposes 
under  one  heading  in  the  assessment  roll  to  be  provided  for 
that  pur}>ose,  and  the  County  Commissioners  shall  notify  the 
Clerk  and  Auditor  of  the  county,  also  the  Treasurer  thereof, 
of  the  amount  to  be  apportioned  to  the  different  accounts  out 
of  the  total  taxes  levied  for  all  purposes,  and  the  Count}^ 
Treasurer  in  issuing  receipts  to  the  Collector  shall  state  in 
each  of  his  receipts,  which  shall  be  in  duplicate,  the  amount 
apportioned  to  each  fund  out  of  the  payment  made  to  him 
by  the  Collector,  and  when  any  such  receipts  shall  be  given 


Duty  of 
Couiity  Com- 


m 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Duty  of 
•Oounty  Trojus- 
tirer. 


:i*roviso  and 
<luties  of  Sub- 
district  Trus- 
tees, 

8ec.  S,  Cliaix 
4515. 


Form  oi"  war- 
rant to  be 
given  by  the 
Assessor  to  the 
Tax  Collector. 


Collection  of 
8ub- district 
taxes  author- 
ized. 

Sec.  4,  Chap. 
4515. 


to  the  C'oUector  b}'  the  County  Treasurer,  he  shall  immeiliately 
tile  one  of  the  same  with  the  Clerk  and  Auditor  of  the  county 
who  shall  credit  the  same  to  the  Collector  with  the  amoun- 
thereof,  and  shall  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  Collector  a  cert 
tificate  setting  forth  the  payment  in  detail,  as  shown  by  the 
Treasurer's  receipt;  ProirkUd^  That  the  Trustees  of  each 
school  sub- district  (special  tax  school  district""  and  road  sub- 
district  shall_  file  a  written  statement  with  tlie  Tax  Assessor 
setting  forth  the  boundary  of  such  school  sub-district  [special 
tax  school  district]  and  road  sub-district,  and  the  rate  of  tax- 
ation to  be  levied  on  the  real  and  personal  property  therein 
as  provided  by  law,  and  the  Assessor  shall,  upon  receipt  of 
such  statement,  proceed  to  assess  such  propert}^  and  enter  the 
taxes  thereon  in  separate  columns  in  the  assessment  roll  to  be 
provided  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  lOG.  To  the  assessment  roll  for  1897  and  subsequent 
3^ears,  delivered  to  the  Tax  Collector,  a  warrant  under  the 
hand  of  the  Assessor  shall  be  annexed  in  the  following  form, 
to-wit: 

State  of  Florida,  to ,  Tax  Collector  of  the 

county  of :   You  are 

hereby  commanded  to  collect  out  of  the  real  estate  and  per- 
sonal property,  and  from  each  of  the  persons  and  corporations 
named  in  the  annexed  roll,  the  taxes  set  down  in  each  roll 
opposite  each  name,  corporation  or  parcel  of  land  therein 
described,  and  in  case  the  taxes  so  imposed  are  not  paid  at  the 
time  prescribed  by  law,  you  are  to  collect  the  same  by  levy 
and  sale  of  the  goods  and  chattels,  lands  and  tenements  so 
assessed,  or  of  the  person  or  corporation  so  taxed;  and  all 
sums  collected  for  State  taxes,  you  are  to  pay  to  the  State 
Treasurer  at  sucli  time  as  may  be  required  by  law,  and  at  the 
same  time  you  are  to  pay  to  the  County  Treasurer  all  sums 
collected  for  county  taxes,  and  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  all  sums  collected  for  school  taxes, 
and  at  the  same  time  you  are  to  pay  to  the  duly  qualified  Trus- 
tees [to  the  County  Treasurer — See  Sec.  12,  Chapter  4678]  of 
each  school  sub-district  [special  tax  gchool  district]  and  road 
sub-district  all  sums  collected  for  school  sub-district  [special 
tax  school]  and  road  sub-district  taxes,  and  you  are  further 
required  to  make  all  collections  on  or  before  the  first  Monday 
in  April;  and  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in  July,  you  will 
make  a  final  report  to  and  settlement  with  the  Comptroller  and 
County  Commissioners. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


39 


under  inv  hand  and  seal,  tliis  the 


1899. 


day  of in  the  year  A.  D.  189 

,     Assessor  of County. 

Skc.  107.  As  soon  as  the  assessment  roll  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  Collector,  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall  make  out 
and  publish  a  statement  showing  the  amount  of  taxes  charged 
to  the  Collector  to  be  collected  for  the  current  year  and  the 
apportionment  of  the  same  in  separate  columns  to  the  several 
funds  for  which  such  taxes  have  been  levied,  including  all  poll 
taxes,  which  poll  taxes  shall  be  itemized  separately  in  all  state- 
ments both  as  to  amounts  assessed  and  as  to  the  amounts  col- 
lected, and  at  each  monthly  meeting  of  the  County  Commis- 
sioners thereafter,  and  until  the  tax  books  are  closed,  he  shall 
publish  a  statement  giving  each  fund  credit  with  the  amount 
collected  thereon  as  shown  by  the  reports  of  the  Tax  Collec- 
tor in  his  office,  and  when  the  tax  books  are  closed  he  shall 
publish  a  like  statement  showing  the  amounts  specifically  al- 
lowed the  collector  on  account  of  errors  and  insolvencies,  and 
the  amount  of  each  fund  uncollected.  The  aforesaid  state- 
ments shall  be  posted  by  the  Clerk  at  the  court  house  door,  and 
published  in  a  newspaper  when  one  is  published  in  the  county, 
and  the  costs  of  publishing  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the 
County  Commissioners.  Any  Clerk  failing  to  publish  such 
statements  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Circuit  Court  Judges  to  charge  this  section  to 
the  grand  juries  in  their  respective  counties. 

Sec.  108.  *  *  The  County  Commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  levy  a  tax  not  to  exceed  five  mills  nor  less  than 
three  and  one-quarter  (3;^)  mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  real  and 
personal  property  of  the  county  for  school  purposes. 

Note. —  Fixing  the  minimum  county  levy  for  schools  a^  8}  mills  is 
undoubtedly  u-uconstitutional. 

Sec.  109.  *  *  Orders  upon  the  County  Treasurer  of  any 
county  shall  be  receivable  by  such  county  for  county  revenue, 
and  orders  issued  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
shall  be  receivable  in  the  counties  where  such  orders  are  issued 
for  county  school  taxes. 

Sec.  110.  No  collector  of  any  county  shall  either  directly 
or  indirectly  purchase  or  receive  in  exchange  anj'  Comptroller's 
warrants,  county  orders,  jurors'  certificates,  or  school  district 
orders,  for  a  less  amount  than  expressed  on  the  face  of  such 
orders  or  demand,  any  such  person  so  offending  shall  for  each 


Duty  of  Clerk 
of  Court  to  ap- 
lX)rtion  and 
publish 
amount  of 
OiK'ii  tax. 


polls  to  be 
itemized  sep- 
arately. 


Publish  col- 
lections 
monthly. 

Penalty  for 
failure." 


Duty  of  Circui  ( 

Judges. 

Sec.  34,  Chap. 

4322,Junel, 

1895. 


Duty  of 
County  Com- 
missioners. 
Ext.  Sec.  2. 
Chap.  451  fv 


County  orders. 

receivable  for 

taxes. 

lb.,  Ext.  Sec. 

3f>. 


Penalty  for 
Tax  Collector 
dealing  In 
State  or  County- 
securities, 
lb.,  Sec.  40. 


40 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Duty  of  State 
Treasurer. 
Rev.  Stat. , 
Sec,  2G'2. 


To  wliom  pay 
School  funds, 
lb.,  Sec.    -iG^ 


Duty  of  roua- 
ty  Treasurer  to 
make  montlily 
reports. 
Sec.  1 ,  Chap- 
ter 4332. 


Dutv  of  clerk 
o  f  Court  to 
preserve  re- 
}X)rts . 
Ib„  Sec.  4. 


Duty  of  Couii 
ty  Treasurer 
to  keep  (Ic- 
scriptlon  of 
warrants  uot 
paid. 


To  pa-N-  tlHin 
in  orfer  of 
I^resentatioii . 
Sec.    1,    ("li:ir. 
4409. 


offense  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misderaeanor,  and,  on  convic- 
tion thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than  one 
thousand  dollars,  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  be 
removed  from  office. 

Sec.  in.  The  Treasurer  of  the  [State]  Board  of  Education 
shall  keep  an  account  with  the  several  counties,  in  which  he 
shall  credit  each  county  w^ith  its  proportion  of  the  income  of 
the  common  school  fund,  and  of  the  fund  raised  by  the  one 
mill  tax  authorized  by  the  Constitution,  and  shall  charge  each 
with  the  amounts  receipted  for  by  the  Treasurers  of  the  Boards 
of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  112.  Every  officer  having  money's  which  by  law  ijfo  to 
the  State  school  fund  shall  pay  the  same  to  the  State  Trea.s- 
urer,  and  every  officer  having  moneys  which  by  law  go  to  the 
county  school  fund  shall  pay  the  same  to  tlie  County  Trea.s- 
urer. 

Sec.  113.  It  shall  be  the^luty  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  school 
fund  of  each  county  in  this  State  by  the  first  Monday  iii  each 
and  every  month,  to  prepare  and  file  with  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  of  his  county  a  detailed  and 
itemized  statement  in  writing,  showing  all  suras  of  money  re- 
ceived by  such  Treasurer  during  the  month  next  preceding, 
and  from  whom  and  from  what  source  received,  and  all 
amounts  by  him  paid  out  during  such  time  and  to  whom 
paid,  and  describing  by  date,  number  and  amount  all  warrants 
paid. 

Sec.  114.  The  financial  statements  of  account  (Sec.  -10, 
Pars.  9th  and  10th]  hereinbefore  j)rovided  for,  when  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  shall  be  securely  kept  by 
him  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  examination  and  in- 
spection of  the  people  of  the  county  without  fee  or  charge. 

Sec.  115.  The  County  Treasurer  shall  enter  in  a  book  to  be 
kept  by  him  for  that  purpose,  the  fact  of  the  refusal  to  pay,  or 
non-payment  of  any  warrant  which  may  be  presented  to  him, 
as  such  treasurer,  and  include  in  such  entry  a  description  of 
the  warrant  or  order,  and  by  whom  presented,  and  date  of 
presentation,  and  his  reason  for  such  refusal  or  non-payment; 
and  he  shall  also,  at  the  request  of  the  person  presenting  the 
same,  endorse  on  the  back  of  such  warrant  the  fact  of  such 
refusal  or  non-payment  and  reason  therefor,  and  shall  pay  such 
warrants  in  the  order  of  their  presentation.  The  Board  of 
County  Commissioners  of  each  county  shall  furnish  the  Treas- 
urer a  book  for  the  purpose  above  specified,  which  shall  be 
open  to  the  inspection  of  all  citizens. 


C   UNlVEt^SiTY  jl 

SCHOOJ.  LAWS.  41 

UXTT     IK)AUDS     OF     PTJiLIC    INSTIIUCTEONS         1899^ 

MAY  COXl'IJACT  DEBTS  OR  BORROW  MONEY. 

Sec.  116.  That  the  Board  of  County   Commissioners  upon 
the  request  of  tlie  Hoard  of  Public  Instruction  alter  an  affirm- 
ative vote  of  the  qualified  voters   who   are  tax-payers  therein    voteofcer- 
and  have  paid  all  taxes  due  by  them  for  two  years  next  and   relJufrS'^Sc, 
preceding  said  election  in   any  sub-school  [special  tax  school] 
district  or  couiUy  wliich  debt  shall  be  a    charge  or  lien   only 
upon  such    sub-sciiool  district  [special   tax  school  district]  or 
county  as  the  case   may  be,  are  liereby  authorized  to  contract 
debts  for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  to  be  used  for  educational 
purposes,   for  the  erection  of  school  buildings,  and  tp  pay  such 
debts  out  of  the  current  income  of  any  year,  or  out  of  the  in- 
come of  succeeding  years;  Provided ^  That  the  necessary  ex-   school  expeu- 
pense  of    maintaining   the    schools  in   any  county  during  any  o?rschoof  ^^"^ 
year  shall  constitute  the  first  claim  a-o-ainst  the  school  fund  of   ^l"^-    ^^^^.^.V 
that  year. 

Sec.  117.  That   the  Board    of   County  Commissioners  ui)on 
the  request  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  after  an  affirm-    how  may  boi- 
Mive  vote  of  the  qualified  voters   who  are  tax-payers  therein   '^w  money. 
and  have  paid  all  taxes  due  by  tl»em  for  two   years  next  and 
prece<linfr  said  election  in  an\'  sub-school  district  [special  tax 
school  ilistrict  I   or  county,   which  debt  shall  be   a  charge  or 
lien  only  upon  such  sub-school  district  or  county  as  the  case 
may  be,  are  hereby  authorized  to  borrow  money  from  time  to 
time  as   occasion  may  require  to   discharge  any  debt  or  lia- 
bility incurred  for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  for  educational 
purposes,    for  the    erection  of    school  buildings,    and  to  pay 
the  interest  and  principal  out   of  the  current  income  of  any 
year,  or   out  of  the  income  of  succeeding  years;    Provided^   sciiooi  expeu 
That  the  necessary  expense  of  maintaining  the  schools  in  any   >;es constitute 
■county  during  any  year  shall  constitute  the  first  claim  against   any  year, 
the  school  fund  of  that  year.  ^^  •  ^^'^-  '^• 

COUNTY^  LINE  PUPILS. 

Sec.  118.  When  it  is   more  conventient  for  youth  residing    when  permit- 
in  one  county  to  attend   school   in    an  adioinincr   county,  they   t«dtogoto 

3  v*^^i  i?.io.-^i  /•!»!       school  m  an- 

may  do  so  by  the  concurrence  ot  the  Supermtendents  of  Pub-   other  county. 

lie  Instruction  of  the  two  counties.     The  proportion  of  school 

money  for  each   youth  shall  be  transferred   by   requisition  of 

the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county   uausferred. 

in  which  the  youth  resides,  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  school   Kev.stat., 

tunds  of  that  county   to  the  'I'reasurer  of  the  school  funds  of 

fhe  conntv  in  whiclithe  school  is  located. 


42 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


When  a  coun- 
ty forfeits. 
KfcV.  Stat. , 
Sec.a.W. 


1899.  SCHOOL  FUNDS,  WHEX  FOIJFEITKD. 

Sec.  119.  Any  county  or  school  <li';trict  neglecting  to  es- 
tablish an  maintain  such  school  or  j^chools  as  the  availal>le 
funds  will  support,  shall  forfeit  its  proportion  of  the  common 
school  fund  during  such  neglect,  and  in  that  c^se  all  moneys 
80  forfeited  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  counties  at 
the  next  annual  apportionment. 

Skc.  120.  Any  public  school  in  the  count}'  failing  to  com- 

when  aschtx)!   plete  its  public   term  before   the  terminus  of  the  school  year 

se?^3**chap        sl^all  forfeit  the  proportion   of  its  financial  apportionment  not 

4i96/june2.     used  by  neglectinor  or  failing   to  maintain  a  school  for  the  full 

'  ■  term  of  school  in  that  county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so 

forfeited  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  tli' 

county  at  the  ne.xt  annual  apportionmiut. 

PENALTIES. 


For  insulting 
teacher. 
Rev.  Stat. , 
Sec.  2623. 


For  disturbing 

a  school . 

J  b.,  Sec.  2629. 


For  in  trod  uc- 
inK  obscene 
prints  and  lit- 
erature into. 
lb.,  Sec  2620. 


For  obscenity 
on  school 
bnildings 
JU,  Sec.  2621 


Sec.  121.  Whoever,  within  the  school  house  or  grounds, 
upbraids  or  insults  any  teacher  in  the  presence  of  the  pupils, 
shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  fifteen  days, 
or  by  line  not  exceeding  twenty-fiye  dollars.  This  section 
shall  not  apply  to  any  pupil  in  atid  subject  to  the  discipline  of 
the  school. 

Sec.  122.  Whoever  willfully  interrupts  or  disturbs  any 
school  *  *  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days,  or  b}'^  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  123.  Whoever  imports,  prints,  publishes,  sells  or  dis- 
tributes any  book,  pamphlet,  ballad,  printed  paper  or  other 
things  containing  obscene  language,  or  any  obscene  prints,  fig- 
ures, pictures  or  descriptions  manifestly  tending  to  the  corrup- 
tion of  the  morals  of  youth,  or  introduces  into  any  *  * 
school  or  place  of  education,  or  buj'^s,  procures,  receives,  or  has 
in  his  pos-5ession  any  such  book,  pamphlet,  ballad,  printed  pa- 
per or  other  thing,  either  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  exhibition, 
loan  or  circulation  or  with  the  intent  to  introduce  the  same 
into  any  *  *  s;  liool,  or  place  of  education,  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  imprison ni  nt  in  the  State  prison  not  exceeding  f^ve- 
years,  or  in  the  cou  ty-jail  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  tine 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  124.  Whoever  willfully  cuts,  paints,  pastes  or  defaces, 
by  writing  or  in  any  other  manner  any  school  building,  furni- 
ture, apparatus,  appliance,  outbuilding,  ground,  fence,  tree,, 
post  or  other  school  property,  with  obscene  word,  image  or 
device,  shall  be  puni.>;hed   by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  lif 


S(MIO()L    l.AWS. 


4H 


1899. 


F<ir  injuring- 
si;!iool  house><. 
lb.,  Sec  2531. 


m 


teen  <lays,  or  by  tine  11)1  exceetliug  one  hundred  dollars.  This 
section  shall  not  apply  to  any  pupil  in  and  subject  to  the  dis- 
cipline of  the  school. 

Sec.  12.').  Whoever  willfully  and  maliciously,  or  wantonly 
and  without  cause,  destroys,  defaces,  mars  or  injures  *  * 
an}'  school  house,  *  *  or  other  building  erected  or  used  for 
the  purpose  of  education,  *  *  or  for  the  general  diffusion 
of  knowledge,  or  any  of  the  outbuildings,  fences,  walls,  or  ap- 
purtenances of  such  school  house,  *  *  or  other  building, 
or  any  furniture,  apparatus  or  other  property  belonging  to  or 
connected  with  such  school  house,  *  *  or  other  building, 
shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or 
by  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  126.  No  Superintendent  or  School  Board  of  any  county, 
or  any  person  officially  connected  with  the  government  or  di- 
rection of  the  public  schools,  or  teacher  thereof,  shall  receive 
any  private  fee,  gratuity,  donation  or  compensation,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  for  promoting  the  sale 'or  the  exchange 
of  an}'  school  book,  map  or  chart  in  any  public  school,  or  be 
an  agent  for  the  sale,  or  the  publisher  of  any  school  text-book, 
or  be  directly  or  indirectly  pecuniarily  interested  in  the  intro- 
duction of  any  such  text-book;  and  any  such  agency  or  inter- 
est shall  disqualify  any  person  so  acting  or  interested  from 
holding  any  school  office  whatsoever,  and  shall  be  deemed  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  the  party  so  offending  shall 
be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  imprisoned 
not  less  than  thirty  days. 

Sec.  127.  Any  Superintendent  or  School  Board  of  any 
county,  or  any  person  oth  Jally  connected  with  the  govern- 
ment or  direction  of  a  public  school,  or  teacher  thereof,  who 
violates  the  provisions  of  Section  7  [126  above],  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  fine 
lot  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  128.  Any  Superintendent,  county  or  State,  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  [Chapter  4L92,  concerning  exami- 
nation and  certification  of  teachers]  upon  conviction  shall  be 
fined  not  less  that  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  shall  be  debarred  from,  holding  any  school  office  in  this 
State. 

Skc.  129.  Members  of  Boards  of  Piibli    Instruction,  County  For  failing  to 

Superintendents    of    Public    Instruction     an'^    'I'leasurers    of  ]^l^^ 

county  school  funds,  who  shall   fail  or    u.use   to  perform  any  J^9- 
of  the  duties  required  of  them   by  the  i  rovisions  of  this  Act, 


Vor school  offi- 
cers being  in- 
terested in 
sale  &c. ,  of 
text- books. 


To  be  deb  vrreii 

from  holding 

oiice. 

lb. ,  Sec. 266. 


To  be  impris- 
oned or  fined, 
lb,  ,!2736. 


For  violating 
laws  examina- 
tion. 

Sec.  21,  Chap, 
4192, 


44 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Beneficiary 
scholars. 
R.  S.  ,Sec..'Jll. 


Board  of  Visi- 
tor?. 


To  report . 
Ib.,«ec.;312. 


[Chapter  4332,  concerning  making  and  publishing  reports] 
shall  for  such  neglect  of  duty  be  subject  and  liable  to  suspen- 
sion and  removal  from  otKce  by  the  Governor,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  15,  of  Article  IV,  of  the  Constitution. 

EAST  AND  WEST  FLORIDA  SEMINARIES. 

Sec.  130.  Each  county  in  this  State  east  or  west  of  the  Su- 
wannee river  shall  be  entitled  to  send  to  said  Seminary  in  the 
division  in  which  such  county  is  located,  as  many  scholars  or 
beneficiaries  as  it  may  have  Representatives  in  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  Florida,  who  shall  receive  all  the  benefits 
of  instruction  of  said  Seminary  free  of  all  charge. 

Sec.  131.  At  least  once  in  each  year  each  Seminary  shall  be 
visited  by  three  suitable  persons — not  members  of  the  Board 
or  Seminary — to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  [of  Trustees], 
who  shall  examine  thoroughly  into  the  affairs  of  the  Semi- 
nary, and  report  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  I*ublic  In- 
struction their  views  with  regard  to  its  condition,  success  and 
usefulness,  and  any  other  matters  ihey  may  judge  expedient. 
Such  visitors  shall  be  appointed  annually. 

FLORIDA    NORMAL    SCHOOL   AND    BUSINESS    IN- 
STITUTE. 


"Students  ad- 
mitted free  of 
tuition. 
Abbr.  Sec. '2. 
Chao.  38(J}). 
May  .'30,  ISSi). 


Each  county 
entitled  to  one 
student  for 
each  member 
of  the  Assem- 
bly. 


Sec.  13*J.  *  *  One  white  student,  male  or  female,  from 
each  Senatorial  District  iu  the  State  shall  be  admitted  to  all 
the  rights  and  privileges  of  the  Literary  and  Classical  De- 
partments of  the  *  *  Florida  Normall  School  and  Busi- 
ness Institute,  free  .of  tuition;  Provided^  That  appointments 
to  scholarships  to  the  Florida  Normal  School  and  liusiness  In- 
stitute shall  be  made  by  Senators  of  the  various  Senatorial 
Districts  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

AGRICULTURAL   COLLEGE. 

Sec.  133.  *  *  Each  county  shall  be  entitled  to  send  an- 
nually, or  so  often  as  vacancies  may  occur,  one  student  for 
each  member  of  the  Assembly  from  that  countj^;  such  student 
shall  be  selected  b}^  the  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  of  the 
several  counties  from  among  the  most  advanced  pupils  in  the 
common  and  higher  schools  therein  who  may  present  them- 
selves as  candidates.  Each  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  annually,  or  as  often  as  vacancies  occur  which  should 
be  filled  by  the  county,  give  early  notice  of  such  vacancy,  and 
of  the  time  and  place  of  meeting  for  the  examination  of  the 
candidates.     The    County    Board    shall    then    and    there,    by 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


4.') 


themselves,  or  with  the  assistance  of  such  persons  as  they  may 
appoint,  examine  said  candidates,  and  select  those  best  quah- 
tied  as  to  scholastic  attainments,  good  health  and  upright 
moral  character,  and  furnish  them  with  certiHcates  of  selection 
for  admission,  subject  to  the  re-examination  and  approval  of 
the  faculty  of  the  college.  In  case  any  [County]  Board  of  In- 
struction fails  to  attend  to  the  above  duty,  then  pupils  holding 
high  rank  in  their  schools  in  that  county  may  make  applica- 
tion in  person  to  the  faculty  of  the  college  and  be  examined 
and  admitted  on  the  same  terms  as  they  would  have  been 
had  they  passed  a  preliminary  examination  before  the  |  County] 
Jjoard  of  Instruction  of  their  county.  But  in  case  such  vacan- 
cies remained  unfilled,  students  may  be  selected  from  the  State 
at  large  by  the  facult3^ 

Sec.  134.  Each  Senator,  during  his  term  of  office,  sh'^ll  be 
empowered  to  nominate  one  student,  who  shall  be  a  resident 
of  his  Senatorial  District,  to  said  State  Agricultural  College, 
who  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  full  course  of 
instruciion  at  said  college  without  any  charge  for  tuition,  sub- 
ject to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  established  for 
the  government  and  direction  of  said  college.* 

Sec.  185.  The  trustees  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  October,  to  be  by  him  printed  with  his  report  and  laid  be- 
fore the  Legislature  at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  session. 
Such  report  shall  give  a  full  exposition  of  the  financial  condi- 
tion of  the  corporation,  the  progress  and  improvements  made, 
the  natui^e,  cost  and  results  of  experiments,  and  such  other 
matters,  including  State  industrial  and  economical  statistics, 
as  may  be  supposed  useful;  one  copy  of  which  the  Superin- 
tendent shall  transmit  by  mail  to  each  of  the  other  colleges 
which  w^ere  endowed  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Con- 
gress of  July  1>,  1862;  also  a  copy  to  the  Secretary  of  the  In- 
terior, and  one  to  each  house  of  Conojress. 


1899. 


Selected  by  tlie 
County  Board 
of  Public  lu- 
struction  by 
examination. 


May  make  ap- 
plication to  tlie 
Faculty. 
Abbr.  Sec.  '294. 
K.  S. 


Stxte  Senators 
to  nominate 
one  student, 
lb..  Sec. "295. 


Trustees  to  re- 
port to  Super- 
intendent of 
Public  iu.struc- 
tion . 
lb.  .See.  '297. 


*NoTB.  --The  Coll<>gc  now  admits  all  who  apply  free  of  tuition.  * 


APPENDIX. 


Some  of  The  Session  Laws  of  1893 


Chapter  4192. 

AX  ACT  to-Prescribe  Rules  and  Regulations  for  Licensing  Teachers; 
to  Provide  for  Uniform  Examinations;  to  Secure  Fairness  in  Ex- 
aminations and  in  Issuing  Teachers'  Certificates,  and  for  Other 
Purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 
Section  1.  Xo  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in  tlie 

,,.  .        1         ci        rt  1        J  ^i.ij  ^        15      Who  to  teach 

public  schools  of    the  State  who  does  not  hold    a  teacher  s  schools. 
certificate,  granted  in  accordance   with  the  provisions  of  this 
Act. 

Sec.  'i.  There  shall  be  five  grades  of  certificates  issued  as 
herein  specified,  and  named  respectively,  to- wit:     Third  grade,  ho'wgrSild, 
second  grade,  first  grade,  State,  and  life,  certificates. 

Sec.  3.  Xo  certificate,  except  life  certificates,  shall  be  issued, 
le.xcept  on  written  examination,  or  written  and  oral  examina- 
tions, as  provided  in  this  Act. 

Sec.  4.  Any  applicant  for  a  certificate.of  any  grade,  before 
being  eligible  for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  examiner  a  oooiicharac- 
written  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  from  a  respon-   ^^• 
sible  person,  and  shall  pay  an   examination  fee  of  one  dollar, 
which  fund  shall  be  applied  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  5.  An  applicant  for  a  third  grade  certificate   shall  be 
examined  in  orthography,  reading,   arithmetic,  English  gram- 
mar, composition,  penmanship,  United  States  history,  geogra-   Qualifications 
phy,  physiology,   and  theory  and  practice    of  teaching,  and   Gradecertiti- 
must  make  an  average  grade  on  the  above  named  branches  of  cates. 
sixty  (60)  per  cent.,  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  forty  (40) 
per  cent.     The  examination  in  reading  shall  be  both  oral  and 
written.     A  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  good  for  the  period 
of  one  year  from   date  of  issue,  and  no  person   shall  be  per- 
mitted to  teach  longer  than  one  year  under  a  third  grade  cer- 
tificate. 


48 


SCHOOL  LAVVS. 


For  Secoud 
Grade. 


For  First 
Grade. 


State  Certiii 
cates,  hovr  h 
sued. 


1899.  Skc.  ().   A  second  grade  certificate  sliall  be  issued  on  exara- 

ination  in  the  branches  as  prescribed  for  a  third  grade  certifi- 
cate. An  average  grade  of  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent.,  shali 
be  required,  with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  fifty  (50)  per 
cent.,  which  certificate  shall  be  good  two  years  from  date  of 
issue.  No  teacher  shall  be  granted  more  than  two  second 
grade  certificates. 

Sec.  7.  An  applicant  for  a  first  grade  certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  civil  government,  book-keeping,  algebra,  and 
physical  geography,  in  addition  to  the  branches  required  for  a 
third  grade  certificate.  An  appellant  for  a  first  grade  certifi- 
cate must  make  an  average  grade  of  eight}^  (80)  per  cent., 
and  shall  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (60)  per  cent.  A  first 
grade  certificate  shall  be  good  for  three  years  from  date  of  its^ 
issue. 

Sec.  8.  a  State  certificate  shall  be  issued  only  b}^  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  to  persons  holding  a 
first  grade  certificate  and  wdio  have  taught  at  least  twenty- 
four  (24)  months  (eight  months  of  which  must  have  been 
taught  in  this  State  successfully  under  a  first  grade  certificate). 
The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  issue  no  State 
certificate,  except  on  written  examination  in  the  following 
branches  in  addition  to  those  required  for  a  first  grade  certifi- 
cate: Geometry,  trigonometry,  physics,  zoology,  botany,  Latin ^ 
rhetoric,  English  literature,  mental  science  and  general  history. 
A  candidate  for  State  certificate  must  make  an  average  grade 
on  the  prescribed  branches  of  eighty-five  (85)  per  cent.,  with 
the  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (^0)  per  cent.  A  State 
certificate  shall  be  good  for  five  years  from  date  of  issue. 

Sec.  9.  Any  teacher  holding  a  State  certificate  issued  under 
this  Act,  and  who  has  taught  successfully  in  a  high  school  in 
this  State  for  the  period  of  thirty  (30)  months,  may  be  granted 
a  life  certificate  by  the  State  Superintendent,  without  further 
examination,  if  endorsed  by  three  persons  holding  State  cer- 
tificates as  possessing  eminent  teaching  ability  and  as  having 
been  eminently  successfully  in  governing  and  conducting  a 
jjchool.  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  the  State  Superin- 
teudent  from  granting  special  life  certificates  to  eminently 
successful  kindergarten  or  primary  teachers,  who  have  taught 
three  years  in  this  State,  good  only  in  that  department  of 
schools. 

Sec.  10.  Candida'.es  for  third,  second,  or  first  grade  certifi- 

inatioiQ.  ^^^'^     cates  shall  be  examined  by  the    County    Superintendent  of 

Public  Instruction  on    questions  prepared   in  all  cases  by  tlie 


Average 
Grade. 


Life  Certifi- 
cates, who  en- 
titled to. 


SCHOOL   LAWS.  49 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  The  questions  1899. 
shall  be  sent  sealed  to  the  (Jounty  Superintendents  of  the  va- 
rious  counties,  which  seals  shall  not  be  broken  until  the  morn- 
ing of  the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that  day  are  to  be 
used,  and  then  only  in  the  presence  of  the  persons  assembled 
for  examination.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  found 
guilty  of  securing  or  attempting  to  secure  the  prepared  ques- 
tions, or  who  shall  furnish  the  prepared  questions  to  any 
teacher  or  other  person  in  any  other  way  than  prescribed  by 
this  Act,  shall  be  debarred  fiom  teaching  a  school  or  from 
holding  any  school  office  in  this  State.  The  candidates  for 
certificates  shall  ask  no  questions,  nor  receive  assistance  from  ^ 
any  source  durmg  the  examination.  In  case  any  examinee 
may  be  in  doubt  as  lo  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or  she 
may  state  in  w^riting  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer  accord- 
ingly, which  answer  shall  receive  due  consideration  in  grading 
the  papers. 

Sec.  n.  All  examination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in' the 
presence  of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  appointed  as- 
sistant, who  shall  collect  the  questions  and  answers  on  each 
branch  as  completed,  and  said  examiner  shall  accept  no  paper 

of  any  examinee  containinsj  a  name   or  mark  which  would  in-    who  to  prjpuiv 
1-        ^  ^1         .1  xi,  •  -^  ^u  CI    -J  examination 

dicate  to  any  other  than  the  examiner  its  author.     Said  exam-   i)apers, 

iner  shall  himself,   on  collecting  each  paper,  designate  it  by  a 

number  known  only  to   himself,  and  shall   keep  a  record  by 

number  and  by  name  of  the  author  of  each  examination  paper. 

Every  examinee  shall   complete  and   hjind  in  the  answers  on 

each  branch  before  the  questions  on  any  other  branch  shall  be 

given    out.     When    every    examinee    has    completed    all  the 

branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange  and  bundle  together   all 

the  papers  of  each  examinee,  and  shall  deliver  the  whole  to  a 

frradinijr  committee. 

Sec.  V2:  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to 
any  authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three  teachers  hold-    GratUnsCom-. 
ing  the  highest  grade   certificates  among  the   teachers   of  the   "^^'*^^®- 
county  as  a  grading  committee;  said  committee  shall,  imme- 
diately after   the  close  of  any  examination,  carefully  examine 
and  grade,   agreeably  to   instructions    sent   out    by  the   State 
Superintendent,  each  paper  turned   over  to  it  by  the*County 
Superintendent.     When    the  said  committee  shall  have  com- 
pleted its  work   it  shall   deliver  back   to  the   County  Superin-    Dutit*  of  such 
tendent  all  papers  turned    over  to  it,   with   a  gradation  sheet   Coaiuiittee.  j 
showing  the  shade  of   each    examinee   in   each    branch  upon 
which  he  or   she  was    examined,  also   the  average   grade  and 
rank   of  each  examinee.     The    County    Superintendent    shall 


50 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Where  exami- 
nation pap<  r.-^ 
to  be  filed. 


To  keep  secret 
names  of  Com- 
inittee. 


Fees. 


Extent  of  Cer- 
tificates. 


ITirst  Grade 
Certificates  to 
be  endorsed. 


Ke vocation  of 
Certificate. 


then,  for  the  first  time,  make  known  to  the  gtading  committee 
the  name  oorresponding  to  the  number  of  any  examinee,  and 
shall  then  in  the  presence  of  said  committee  present  his  list 
and  write  on  said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of  each  examinee 
after  his  or  her  proper  number.  Tne  said  grading  committee 
shall  retain  one  copy  of  said  gradation  sheet  and  shall  file  one 
with  the  County  Superintendent,  who  shall  issue  certificates 
to  the  examinees  making  averages  according  to  the  provisions 
of  Sections  5,  6  and  7  of  this  Act,  and  to  no  others. 

Sec.  13.  All  examination  questions  and  answers  prepared 
by  the  applicants  for  certificates  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  County  Superintendent  and  properly  preserved  for  at  least 
one  year,  and  in  case  any  candidate  is  dissatisfied  with  the 
grading  of  his  or  her  papers,  he  or  she  may  authorize  the 
County  Superintendent  to  have  his  or  her  answers,  with  the 
questions,  published  in  any  newspaper  the  examinee  may 
designate. 

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  before  every  public  examination,  to  appoint  a 
grading  committee,  and  to  keep  secret  the  names  of  persons 
comprising  said  committee  until  its  work  is  performed. 

Sec.  15.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  to  pay 
the  members  of  the  grading  committee  two  dollars  a  day  and 
five  cents  a  mile  each  way  one  trip  for  the  actual  distance 
traveled  and  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  their  work.  In 
estimating  a  day,  ten  hours'  actual  service  shall  be  counted  a 
day,  and  not  more  than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  com- 
pletion of  the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  examination. 
The  grading  committee  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  created 
by  the  examination  fees,  and  the  balance  of  said  funds  shall  be 
kept  by  the  County  Board  and  be  applied  to  employing  lec- 
turers and  to  defraying  the  expenses  of  Teachers'  Institutes  in 
the  county. 

Sec.  16.  Third  and  second  grade  certificates  shall  be  good 
only  in  the  county  in  which  they  are  issued. 

Sec.  17.  Any  first  grade  certificate  may  be  endorsed  by  the 
County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the  State,  and  then 
will  become  good  for  its  unexpired  time  in  the  county  in  which 
it  is  endorsed,  as  well  as  in  the  one  in  which  it  was  issued. 
State  and  life  certificates  granted  in  accordance  with  this  Act 
shall  be  good  throughout  the  State  for  the  periods  for  which 
they  are  granted. 

Sec.  18.  A  certificate  of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  the 
authority  issuing  it,  when  the  holder  proves  to  be  unsuccessful, 
incompetent,  or  is  proven  guilty  of  2||nj  gross  immorality.     A 


SCHOOL  J.AWS.  51 

lirst  grade  certiHcate   may  be  revoked    for  any  of    the   above         1899. 
reasons  by  a  County  8u})erintendent  endorsing  it. 

Sec.  19.  There  shall   be  held  two    examinations  a  year  in 
each  county  in  the  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the  first   .^^^^^  examina- 
Monday  in  M  ly  and  September,  and   each  may  continue   oiie    tions. 
-or  more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  examiner  and  a  vote  of 
the  examinees;    Prorlded^  That  only  one  examination  may  be 
Iield  in  any^ounty,  if  two  be  found  unnecessary. 

Sec.  liO.  The  Slate  Superintendent,  for  sufficient  cause,  may    vvhou  to  he 
order  examinations  hehi  on  days  other  than  those  prescribed    ^^'  "* 
by  Section  19  of  this  Act. 

See.  '1\.  Any  Superintendent,  county  or  State,  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  upon  conviction   shall  be  fined  not  less    Penalty, 
ilian  fifty  nor  more  th-m  one  hun(ired  dollars,  and  shall  be  de- 
barred from  holding  any  school  office  in  this  State. 

Sec.  2"2.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act    ^^^  ^^^^ 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  23.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  after  January  1st,  1S94. 

Approved  Jun-  8,  189o. 


Chapter  4193. 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  the  Election  of  Members  of  Coifnty  Bjards 
of  Public  Ini-truction,  and  to  Fix  their  Conipensalion. 

7)'e  it  Knacted  by  the  J^eglslatare  of  tJie  State  (f  Florida: 

Section'  1.  That  at  the  next  general  election,  and  every  two 

years  thereafter,  there  shall   be  elected  in  each  county  in  this   ,^'*^^'^!"'*,^/    , 
r,  ..  \^         1      <•   T-»    .  1-     T  -  I  •       (•  County  hcuool 

btate  a  County  Board  ot  Fublic  Instruction,  herematter  men-    Boards. 

tioned  as  the  County  School  Board,  consisting  of  three  mem- 
bers, whose  terms  of  office  shall  begin  the  first  Tuesday  after 
the  first  Monday  in  .January  after  such  election,  and  termi- 
nate upon  the  qualification  of  their  successors  two  years  there- 
after. 

Sec.  2.  At  the  first  meetinjo^in  July,  1894,  the  County  Hoard 
of  Public  Instruction  in  each  county  shall  divide  their  respect- 
ive counties  into  three  county  school  board  districts  so  as  to  county  Boards 
place  in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  same  num-  Jji-uetTJu.'" 
ber  of  qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  districts  being  so 
drawn  as  to  place  each  election  district  wholly  within  one  or 
another  of  said  county  school  board  districts;  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  County  School  Board  shall  file  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  such  county  a  certificate  of 
4 


52 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Boundariefi  of 
Districts. 


Election  by 
S<-hool  Dis- 
tricts. 


Filling  vacan- 
oieti. 


Repeal. 


their  said  action,  coritaininc:  a  dtsciiption  of  the  boiuidaiie* 
of  said  dintricts,  ?ind  naming  the  election  districts  cumprisinu 
each  county  school  board  district,  which  certificate  shall  be 
published  in  a  ;iewspaper  published  in  the  count}*,  or  if  there 
be  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  then  by  posting  at 
the  county  court  house  door  for  four  weeks  thereafter.  The 
County  School  Board  may  thereafter  change  the  boundaries^ 
of  any  such  districts  at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year  of  a 
general  election,  but  such  change  shall  be  ceriitied  in  the 
Clerk's  ofhce  and  published  as  required  for  fixing  such  districts 
in  the  first  instance. 

Sec.  3.  The  members  of  the  County  School  Board  shall  Ue 
elected  one  from  each  county  school  board  district  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  district. 

Sec.  4.  All  vacancies  on  said  Board  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  appointment  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion on  the  nomination  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public- 
Instruction. 

Sec.  5.  The  members  of  the  County  School  Board  shall  be 
paid  from  the  county  school  fund  for  their  services,  two  dol- 
lars per  day  for  each  day's  service,  and  not  exceeding  five 
cents  per  mile  for  traveling  expenses.  All  traveling  expenses, 
before  being  paid,  shall  be  itemized  and  approved  by  the 
Board. 

Sec.  6.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this  Act. 
Approved  June  2,  1893. 


Election  to 
form  School 
Sul)-DibtrictB. 


Chapter  4194. 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  School  Sub-Districts  in  Counties  and  Towns, 
arid  to  Provide  for  the  Levying  and  Collection  of  Taxes  lor  the 
Support  of  Schools  in  such  Sub-Districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  an  election  may  be  held  under  the  order 
and  direction  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  any  county,. 
if  they  shall  deem  it  advisable,  in  any  election  district,  or  in- 
corporated city  or  town  of  such  county,  upon  the  petition  of 
one-fourth  of  the  registered  and  qualified  voters  thereof,  who 
are  taxpayers  on  real  or  personal  property  therein,  and  have 
paid  all  taxes  due  by  them  for  two  years  next  preceding  the 
presentation  of  such  petition,  to  determine  whether  such  elec- 
tion district,  city  or  town,  shall  be  a  school  sub-district.     Adt 


V 


SCHOOL   LAWS. 


5:i 


Mcxie  of  elec- 
tion. 


Qiuililications 
for  voters. 


Duty  of  Trus- 
tees. 


sucli  election  shall  be  hei<l,  and  the  result  ascertained  and  de-  1899. 
clared  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  same  manner,  as  is  pro- 
vided  by  law  for  the  holding  of  elections  concerninsr  Article 
XIX  of  the  Constitulion,  substituting  the  I^oard  of  Public  In- 
struction for  the  County  Commissioners.  It  shaU  require  a 
majority  of  the  votes  of  those  voting  at  any  such  election  to 
determine  any  matter  in  the  affirmative.  If  such  sub-district 
is  created,  three  school  trustees  sliall  be  elected  tlierein,  upon 
a  da}'  to  be  fixed  by  the  lioard  of  -Public  Instruction,  and  on 
the  same  day  bi  ennially  thereafter. 

Sec.  2.  All  voters  in  such  election  for  sub-districts  or  trus- 
tees shall  have  the  qualifications  sfteciiied  in  section  one  for 
petitioners  for  elections  to  establish  sub-districts. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  trustees,  on  or  before 
the  last  Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  to  prepare  an  itemized 
estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  nec- 
essary^ common  school  purposes  of  their  sub- district  for  the 
next  ensuing  scholastic  year;  stating  the  rate  of  millage  to  be 
assessed  and  collected  upon  the  taxable  property  of  their  sub- 
district  to  cover  such  amount,  not  to  exceed  three  mills  on  the 
dollar.  A  copy  of  the  itemized  estimate  herein  provided  for 
shall  be  filed  Avith  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners, which  Board  shall  direct  the  Assessor  of  Taxes  to 
assess,  and  the  Collector  to  collect  the  amount  so  stated. 
Moneys  collected  under  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  paid 
over  to  the  trustees  of  the  sub-districts  in  which  the  tax  is 
levied. 

Sec.  4.  These  trustees  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board 
of  Public  bistruction,  supervise  each  school  in  their  district, 
and  see  that  the  teachers  perform  their  work  promptly  and 
energetically,  and  that  the  general  work,  discipline  and  moral 
of  the  school  is  satisfactory,  and  report  to  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  at  their  regular  monthly  meetings. 

Sec.  5.  They  shall  also  be  a  corporation  with  the  usual 
powers  for  the  purpose  of  performing  their  duties. 

Sec.  6.  They  shall  receive  and  hold  the  money  which  may 
be  assessed  and  collected  as  hereinbefore  provided,  as  a  special 
tax  to  be  disbursed  in  the  district  where  collected  solely  for  powers, 
school  purposes,  such  as  building  school  houses,  furnishing  the 
same,  repairing,  heating  and  cleansing,  and  when  necessary 
paying  any  legitimate  deficit  due  the  teachers.  These  trustees 
shall  be  required  to  give  bond  in  twice  the  amount  raised  by 
the  special  tax,  to  be  approved  by  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  before  receiving  any  such  money. 


Further  duties 
of  Trustees. 


To  becorpo 
ratc. 


5-4 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Mode  of  abol- 
ishing. 


Kepeul. 


Sec.  7.  Any  sub-district  ma}'^  be  abolished  by  like  proceed- 
ings as  those  above  provided  for  its  establishment.  The 
boundaries  of  such  sub-district  shall  coincide  with  the  bound- 
aries of  the  election  di-^trict,  excepting  that  if  a  portion  of  an 
election  divstrict  being  in  an  incorporated  ciiy  or  town  shall  be 
included  in  a  sub-district  composed  of  such  city  or  town,  the 
remainder  of  such  election  district  not  included  in  such  city 
or  town  may  become  a  school  sub-district  in  the  same  manner 
as  though  it  were  an  entire  election  district. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this 
Act  be  and  the  same  are  herebj^  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  from  and   after  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  June  2,  1898. 


What  to  con- 
stitute school 
•day. 


CllAlTEK    4195. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  255  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  and  to  Define  and  Declare  What  Number  of  Hours 
Shall  Comprise  a  School  Day. 

Me  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  255,  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

255.  School  Day,  Month,  Term  and  Year. — First.  A 
school  day  shall  comprise  not  less  than  five  (5)  and  not  more 
than  six  (6)  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses.  The  time  to  be  fixed 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  each  county.  Second. 
A  school  month  contains  twenty  days,  exclusive  of  the  first 
and  last  days  of  the  week.  Third.  A  school  terra  contains 
four  school  months.  Fourth.  A  school  year  contains  two 
terms. 

Approved  June  6,  1893. 


Begittning  of 
school  year. 


Chapter  4196. 

AN  ACT  to  Detine  a  School  Year^  and  to  Provide  for  the  Opening 
and  Closing  of  School  Terms. 

lie  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That,  beginning  with  July  Ist,  A.  D.  1893,  the 
school  year  for  all  public  schools  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of 
July  and  end   with   the   last  day  of  the  following  June;  and 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


55 


that  all  reports,  financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  Depart- 
ment shall  embrace  such  business  and  matters  only  as  take 
place  within  the  limits  of  the  school  year  thus  defined. 

Sec.  2.  The  time  for  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  for 
each  county  shall  be  determined  by  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction;  Provided.,  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as 
to  close  before  the  last  day  of  June. 

Sec.  8.  Any  public  school  in  the  county  failing  to  complete 
its  public  term  before  the  terminus  of  the  school  year,  shall 
forfeit  the  proportion  of  its  financial  apportionment  not  used 
by  neglecting  or  failing  to  maintain  a  school  for  the  full  term 
of  school  in  that  county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  for- 
feited shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  the 
county  at  the  next  annual  apportionment. 

Sec.  4.  Xo  school  in  any  county  shall  begin  before  .July  first 
of  the  school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs  and 
for  which  the  apportionment  is  made. 

Sec.  5.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  Jnne  2,  189o. 


1899. 


Time  of  open- 
ing schools. 


Forfeit  of. 
moneys. 


No  school  to 
begin  before 
July  1st. 


IIesolution  No.  3. 

HOUSE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  Proposing  pn    \mendment   to   the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

Jh  it  Resolved  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

That  the  following  amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Florida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  agreed  to,  and 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors    of  the   State   at  the  gene- 


or  rejec- 


Constitution   is   hereby 


ral  election  in  October,  A.  D.  1994,  for  ratification 
tion: 

Section    7,  of   Article   12,    of   the 
.niiended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the  appor- 
tionment and  distribution  of  the  interest  on  the  State  School 
Fund  and  all  other  means  provided,  including  the  special  tax 
for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  public  free  schools, 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the! 
average  attendance  upon  schools  in  the  said  counties  respect-J 
ively. 

ApproTpd  June  2,  189:1 


Amenaraent, 
to  Sec.  7.  Art.. 
XII,  of  the 
Constitution! 


A I  (p-irtionnieu  t 
of  School 
Fund. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 
SESSION   LAWS  OF  1895. 


Applicant  for 
Third  Grade 
Certificate. 


Amendmeiit 
Second  Grace. 


Amendmoii 
First  Gradr 


State  Ccitifi- 
cate. 


CHAPTER  4331— [No.  10.] 

AN  ACT  tq,  Amend  Sections  5,  6,  7,  S,  9,  13,  16,  17  and  19,  of  Chap- 
ter 4192,  of  the  Law?*  of  Florida,  the  same  bein?  "An  Act  Entitled 
an  Act  to  Pregcribe  Rules  and  Regulations  for  Licensing  Teachera, 
to  Provide  for  Uniform  Examinations;  to  Secure  Fairness  in  Ex- 
aminations and  in  Issuing  Teachers'  Certificates  and  for  Other 
Purposes." 

J^e  it  JEnacted  by  the  Letjislaturc  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Sectiox  1.  That  Section  5,  of  Cliapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
An  applicant  for  a  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  examined  in 
orthography,  reading,  arithmetic,  English  grammer,  composi- 
tion, L^nited  States  history,  geography,  physiology  and  theory 
and  practice  of  teaching,  and  must  make  an  average  grade  in 
the  above  named  branches  of  sixty  (dO)  percent,  with  a  grade 
in  no  branch  below  forty  (40)  per  cent.  The  examination  ifi 
reading  shall  be  both  oral  and  written. 

Sec.  2.  That  Section  6,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  atnended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows: A  second  grade  certificate  shall  be  issued  on  exami- 
nation in  the  branches  as  prescribed  for  a  third  grade  certifi- 
cate. An  average  grade  of  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent,  shall 
be  r-equired,  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  fifty  (50)  per 
cent. 

Sec.  3.  That  Section  7,  of  C-hapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
F'lorida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
An  applicant  for  a  first  grade  certificate  shall  be  examined  in 
civil  government,  algebra  and  physical  geography,  in  addition 
to  the  branches  required  for  a  third  grade  certificate.  An  ap- 
plicant for  a  first  grade  certificate  must  make  an  average  grade 
of  eighty  (80)  per  cent,  and  shall  grade  in  no  branch  below 
sixty  (60)   per  cent. 

Sec.  4.  That  Section  8,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows: A  State  certificate  shall  be  issued  only  by  the  State 
Superintendent  of  PubHc  Listruction  to  persons  holding  a  first 
grade  certihcate  and  who  have  taught  at  least  twenty- four 
(24)  months,  (eight  months  of  which  must  have  l^een  taught 
in  this  State  successfully  under  a  first  f^rade  certificate).     The 


SCHOOL   LAWS.  57 

SiiperintcMnlent  ot'  Public  Instruction  shall  issue  no  State  cer-  1899. 

titicate    t-xcept    on     written     examination    in     the    following  ~ 

branches:     Geometry,  trisjonometry,  physics,  zooloq^y,  botanj, 

Latin,  rhetoric,  P^nglish  literature,  mental  science,  and  ^feneral 

history.     A  (•andi(iate  ftn*   a   State  certilicate   must  make  an 

averauje  grade  on    the  prescribed  branches  of   eighty-fiye  (85) 

per  cent.,  with    the  grade   in  no   branch   bolow  sixty  (60)  per 

cent. 

Sec.  5.  That  Section  9,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
-Any  teacher  holding  a  State  certificate  issued  under  this  Act,  LifeCeriiH 
and  such  of  Chapter  4192  of  the  Laws  of  Florida  as  are  not  ^^'^^• 
hereby  repealed,  and  who  has  taught  successfully  in  a  high 
.school  in  this  State  for  the  period  of  thirty  ('^^0)  months,  may 
be  granted  a  lite  certificate  by  the  State  Superintendent  with- 
out further  examination,  if  endorsed  by  three  persons  holding 
State  certiticates  as  possessing  eminent  teaching  ability,  an<l 
.:is  having  been  eminently  successful  in  governing  and  conduct- 
ing a  school. 

Sec.  6.  That  Section  12,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows: The  C'Onnty  Board  of  J^ublic  Listruction,  prior  to  any  OnKiins?  Com- 
authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three  teachers  holding 
the  highest  gra<le  certificate  among  the  teachers  of  the  county 
.as  a  grading  committee;  said  committee  shall,  immediately 
after  the  close  of  any  examination,  carefully  examine  and 
grade  each  paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County  Superin- 
tendent. VVhen  the  said  committee  shall  have  completed  its 
work  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superintendent  all 
papers  turned  over  to  it,  with  a  gradation  sheet  showing  the 
grade  of  each  examinee  in  each  branch  upon  which  he  or  she 
was  examined,  also  the  average  grade  and  rank  of  each  exam- 
inee. The  County  Superintendent  shall  then,  for  the  first  time, 
make  known  to  the  grading  committee  the  names  correspond- 
ing to  the  number  of  any  examinee,  and  shall  then,  in  the 
presence  of  said  committee,  present  his  list  and  write  on  said 
gradation  sheet  the  name  of  each  examinee  after  his  or  her 
proper  number.  The  said  grading  committee  shall  retain  one 
copy  of  said  gradation  sheet,  and  shall  tile  one  with  the  County 
Superintendent,  w^ho  shall  issue  certificates  to  the  examinees, 
making  averages  according  to  the  provisions  of  Sections  1,  2 
and  8  of  this  Act,  and  to  no  others. 

Sec.  7.  That  section  16,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of  Third  orade 
Florida,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  fol-  Certificates, 
Jows:  Third  grade  certificates  shall  be  good  only  in  the  ^  ^*''''"  ^'**^ • 
county  in  which  they  are  issued. 


58 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Second  Grade 
Certificates, 
where  good. 


Examinations. 


Proviso, 


Time  Certifi- 
cates are  gooi 


One  examina- 
tion at  county 
seat. 


Who  entitled 
to  benefits. 


Diplomas  of 
Graduation. 


Sec.  8.  That  Section  17,  of  Cliapfcer  4192,  of  the  laws  of 
P^Iorida,  V)e  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows: First  and  second  grade  certiricates  may  be  indorsed  by 
the  CouJity  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the  State,  and 
shall  then  be  good  in  the  county  in  which  it  is  endorsed  as. 
well  as  the. one  in  which  it  was  issued. 

Sec.  9.  That  Section  19,  of  Chapter  4192,  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  fol- 
lows: There  shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year  in  each 
county  in  the  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the  first  Mon- 
day in  June  and  September,  and  each  may  continue  one  or 
more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  examiner  and  a  vote  of  the 
examinees;  Provided^  That  only  one  examination  may  be  held 
in  any  county  if  two  be  found  unnecessary;  Proi^ided^fxrthery 
That  County  Superintendents  maj^  hold  a  special  examination, 
and  issue  temporary  certificates  for  a  term  of  not  longer  than 
the  interval  between  the  regular  examinations,  provided  tlie 
applicant  for  such  certificate  furnishes  satisfactory  reasons  for 
having  failed  to  attend  the  regular  examination. 

Sec  10.  a  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  good  for  two 
years  from  date  of  issue.  A  second  grade  certificate  shall  be 
good  for  three  years  from  date  of  i.ssue,  and  a  first  grade  cer- 
tificate shall  be  good  for  four  years  from  date  of  issue.  And 
all  certificates  granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  Act,  and  such  of  Chapter  4192  of  the  Laws  of  Florida  a» 
are  not  hereby  repealed,  shall  oe  re-issuable  upon  examina- 
tion. 

Sec  11.  That  at  least  one  of  the  examinations  of  teachers 
shall  be  held  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  in  which  the  ex- 
amination is  held;  Provided^  That  where  two  examinations  are 
held  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  may  designate 
another  "convenient  place  for  holding  one  of  such  examinations 
other  than  the  county  site. 

•  Sec  12.  That  all  persons  holding  certificates  granted  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  4192  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  benefits  and  governed  by 
the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Sec  13.  That  any  person  holding  a  diploma  of  graduation 
from  either  of  the  State  Normal  Colleges  of  this  State,  upon 
presentation  of  said  diploma  to  any  County  Superintendent 
in  this  State,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  first  grade  certificate  with- 
out examination;  Pvoyided^  The  person  holding  such  diploma 
applies  for  such  certificates  within  one  year  from  the  granting 
of  such  diploma. 


UNlVEriSlTY 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Skc.  14.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  tliis  Act 
are  liereby  repealed. 

Skc.  15.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passas^e  and  ap- 
proval 1)3^  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  8.  1895. 


59 
1899. 


Duty  of  Treas 
urer  of  Schoo 
Fund. 


Chaptek  4832.— [No.  11.] 

AN  ACT  Requirins:  the  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  Several 
Counties  of  this  State  and  Treasurers  of  County  School  Funds,  to 
make  and  Publish  Itemized  Financial  Statements  of  their  Dealings 
with  County  School  Funds. 

Be  it  Enacted  hij  the  Legislature  of  tlie  State  of  Elorida: 

Sectiox  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  the 
school  fund  of  each  county  in  this  State  by  the  first  Monday 
in  each  and  every  month,  to  prepare  and  file  with  the  County 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of  his  county,  a  detailed 
and  itemized  statement  in  writing,  showing  all  sums  of  money 
received  by  such  treasurer  during  the  month  next  preceding, 
and  from  wdiom  and  from  what  source  receivi^d,  and  all 
amounts  by  him  paid  out  during  such  time  and  to  wdiom  paid, 
and  describing  by  date,  number  and  amount  of  all  warrants* 
paid. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  the  several  counties  of  this  State  to  prepare  and  file 
with  the  Clerks  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  their  counties,  respec- 
tively, by  the  first  Monday  in  August,  A.  D.  1895,  a  detailed  struetioi 
and  itemized  financial  statement  in  writing  showing  all  sums 
of  money  received  on  account  of  county  school  funds  for  and 
during  the  year  next  preceding,  and  from  whom  received,  and 
from  what  source  derived.  And  all  amounts  paid  out  during 
such  year,  to  whom  and  on  what  account  paid.  What  funds, 
if  any,  are  on  hand,  and  what  indcibtedness,  if  any  is  out- 
standing. Such  statement  shall  be  certified  by  the  treasurer 
of  the  county  school  fund  and  attested  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction,  and  in  all  counties  where  a 
newspaper  exists,  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  cause 
said  statement  to  be  published;  Pronided^  The  cost  of  such 
publication  shall  not  exceed  ten  dollars  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
county  school  fund.  Otherwise  they  shall  have  the  same 
posted  at  "the  court  house  and  at  three  other  public  places  in 
the  county. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  Board  of  To  Hie  itemized 
Public  Instruction  of  tlie  several  counties  of  this  State  to  pre-  Ji'ln"^''^^  •''^^^^* 
pare  a"nd  file  Avith  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit   Court  of  their  re- 


Duty  of 
IJoards  of 
Public  In- 


Proviso, 


<)0  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

1899.  spcctive  counties  by  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday 
in  September,  A.  D.  l!S95,  and  by  the  corresponding  Tuesday 
in  each  and  every  month  thereafter,  an  itemized  financial 
statement  showing  all  sums  of  money  received  during  the 
month  next  preceding,  on  account  Of  county  school  funds,  and 
from  whom  received,  and  from  what  source  derived.  All  ap- 
pi-opriations  made  by  such  board  and  for  what  purpose  made. 
All  warrants  drawn  by  such  board,  in  whose  favor  and  for  and 
on  what  account  drawn,  describing  such  warrant  b}^  date,  num- 
ber and  amount.  All  such  monthly  financial  statements  shall 
be  certified  by  the  Chan-man  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion for  the  county  and  attested  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  and  the  said  board  shall  without 
delay  cause  the  same  to  be  published  in  a  newspaper  of  the 
county,  when  any  such  newspaper  exists;  Provided^  The  cost 
of  sucli  monthly  pui)lication  shall  not  exceed  two  dollars  per 
month,  otherwise  they  shall  post  the  same  at  the  court  house 
and  at  three  other  public  places  in  the  county. 

Sec.  4.  The   financial  statements  of    account    hereinbefore 

.^  provided  for,  when    filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court, 

ajrk*^^*^'^^^'^^    shall  be  securely  kept  by  him  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to 

the  examination   and- inspection  of  the  people   of  the  county 

without  fee  or  charge. 

Skc.  o.  Members  of  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  County 
Superintendents  of  Public  Instruction,  and  trea^^urers  of  county 
school  funds  wiio  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  perform  any  of  the 
duties  required  of  them  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,,  shall  for 
s»ich  neglect  of  duty  be  subject  and  liable  to  suspension  and 
removal  from  office  by  the  Governor  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  15,  of  Article  4,  of  the  Constitution. 

Sec.  6.  This  action  shall  take  effect  from  the  date  of  its  ap- 
proval by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  80,  ISDo. 


yen  alt  v. 


Chaptkr  4o3o — [No.   12.] 

AN  ACr  to  Authorize  and  Require  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction of  Monroe  County  to  have  t!ie  Eng  isti  Language  Taught 
in  l5an  Carlos  Public  School. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  ^tate  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  The  County  Board  of  Pubtic  Instruction  of 
Monroe  county  are  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  employ 
a  competent  teacher  to  instruct  the  Cuban   pupils  of  the  San 


SCHOOl.  LAWS.  61 

('arlos  Scliool,  in  the  City  of   Key    West,  in    tlio   eloniont-  M  1899. 

the  English  language. 

Skc.  2.  The  said  Hoard  of  Public  Instruction  shall  make 
provision  for  the  payment  of  the  salary  of  teachers  so  em- 
ployed, out  of  the  common  school  fund  of  said  Monroe 
county. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  81,  1895. 


Chai'tkr  4:^;U— [No.  18.] 

AN  ACT  to  Establish  at  Bartow.  Florida.  The  South  Florida  Mili- 
tary and  Educati mal  Institute,  and  to  Provide  an  Appropriation 
therefor. 

Jie  it  Knavted  b\j  the  LeginUitvre  of  tlie  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  The  South  Florida  Military  and  P^ducational  In- 
stitute is  hereby  established  at  Bartow,  Polk  county,  Florida, 
under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, who  shall  elect  such  faculty  as  mny  be  required  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Skc.  li.  The  design  of  this  institution  is  to  teach  such 
branches  of  learning,  including  military  tactics,  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  o.  Each  Senator,  during  his  term  of  ofKce,  shall  be  em- 
powered to  nominate,  upon  competitive  examination,  one  stu- 
dent, who  shall  be  a  resident  of  his  Senatorial  District,  to  said 
South  Florida  Military  and  Educational  Institute,  who  shall 
be  entitled  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  full  course  of  instruc- 
tion at  said  Institute  without  any  charge  for  board,  lodging, 
tuition,  use  of  text-books,  washing,  fuel,  lights  and  use  of  arms 
and  equipments.  Said  students  to  be  subject  to  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  established  for  the  government  and 
^lirectii^n  of  said  Institute. 

Sec.  4.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act  the  sum  of  sixty-four  hundred   dollars  (^6,400. 00)    ^,p.opria 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby   apportioned  for  each  two  ensuing    ti'»t- 
years,  commencing  September    I,  1895,  out  of  any  moneys  in 
the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Skc.  5.  That  liiis  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  approval  by 
the  Governor. 

Approved  Miy  "30.  ]S<)-». 


Desi;::!! 


Senators  to 
nominate  stu- 
dents. 


C)2  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

1899.  Chapker  4835— [No.  14.] 

AN  ACT  to  Prohibit  White  and  Negro  Youth  from  being  Taught  in 
the  Same  Schools, 

Be  it  Enacted  htj  the  Legidattn-e  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  a  penal  offense  for  any  individual, 
body  of  individuals,  corporation  or  association  to  conduct 
within  this  State  any  school  of  any  grade,  public,  private  or 
parochial  wherein  white  persons  and  negroes  shall  be  instructed 
or  boarded  within  the  same  building,  or  taught  in  the  same 
class,  or  at  the  same  time  by  the  same  teacher. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of 
Section  I  of  this  Act,  byi)atronizingor  teaching  in  such  school 
shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  lined  in  a  siim  not  less  than 
^150.00  nor  more  than  |?500.00,  or  imprisoned  in  the  county 
jail  for  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than  six  months 
for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  3.  All  laws  or  part?  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  are  hereby'  repealed. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  September  1st,   1895. 
Approved  May  39,  1895. 


Penalty. 


Chapter  4336— [Xo.  15.] 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  the  Division  of  Counties  into  Convenient 
School  Sub-Districts,  and  for  the  Election  Bi-ennially  of  Three 
School  Trustees,  and  for  the  Levying  and  CoUectioa  of  a  District 
School  Tax,  and  Providing  for  the  Holding:  of  Elections  for  such 
Purposes. 

Be  it  Enacted  Ix/  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  I^  lor  Ida: 

Section  1.  That  an  election  may  be  held  in  any  city,  town, 
community,  section  or  division  of  any  county,  under  the  order 
and  direction  o^  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  of  any 
county  upon  the  petition  of  one-fourth  of  the  registered  and 
qualified  voters  of  any  such  city,  town,  community,  section  or 
division  of  such  county,  who  are  tax-payers  on  real  or  personal 
property  therein,  to  determine  wdiether  such  city,  town,  com- 
munity, section  or  division  of  such  county,  shall  be  a  school 
sub- district,  and  for  the. election  of  three  trustees  therefor, 
and  to  determine  the  millage  to  be  assessed  and  collected 
annually  during  the  succeeding  two  years.  Such  election 
shall  be  held  and  the  result  ascertained  and  declared  a<i 
nearly  as  practicable  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  by 
law     for     the    holding     of      elections     concerning     Article 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


63 


XIX  of  the  Conslitution,  substituting  the  Board  of  Puhiio  In- 
struction for  the  County  Commissioners.  It  shall  reqiiire  a 
majority  of  the  votes  of  those  voting  at  any  such  election  to 
determine  any  matter  in  the  afhrmative.  At  an  election  to 
decide  whether  such  sub-district  shall  be  formed  three  school 
trustees  shall  be  elected  to  serve  as  such,  should  a  majority  of 
the  electors  vote  for  and  create  such  sub-district,  and  on  the 
same  day  bi-ennially  thereafter,  and  at  each  of  such  elections 
the  millage  to  be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the 
succeeding  two  years  for  school  purposes  in  such  sub-district 
shall  be  determined  by  a  maj<»rity  vote  of  the  qualitied  elec- 
tors as  herein  provided.  Notice  of  holding  any  such  election 
to  determine  whether  such  city,  town,  community,  section  or 
other  division  of  such  county,  shall  be  made  a  school  sub- 
district,  or  for  the  election  of  school  trustees,  shall  be  made  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  by  publishing  a  notice  in  a 
newspaper  published  in  such  city,  town,  community,  section 
or  other  division  of  such  county  to  be  made  a  school  sub-dis- 
trict, for  four  consecutive  weeks;  Provided,  That  the  cost  of 
such  publication  shall  be  paid  by  the  school  sub-districts  re 
spectively,  or  by  posting  such  notice  in  three  public  places, 
within  the  limits  of  such  city,  town,  communit}^  section  or 
other  division  to  be  made  a  sub-district,  for  thirty  days  prior 
thereto. 

Sec.  '1.  All  vomers  in  such  election  for  sub-districts  or  trus- 
tees shall  have  the  qualifications  specified  in  section  one  for 
petitioners  for  elections  to  establish  sub-districts. 

Se(  .  8.  The  petition  mentioned  in  section  one  of  this  Act 
shall  fix  and  define  the  boundary  of  the  city,  town  and  adja- 
cent territory,  community,  section  or  other  division  intended 
to  be  made  and  formed  into  a  school  sub-district,  which  bound- 
ary shall  include  but  one  public  school,  except  in  incorporated 
towns. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees  on  or  before  the 
last  Monday  in  July  of  each  year  to  prepare  an  itemized  esti- 
mate, showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  necessary 
common  school  purpose  of  their  sub-district  for  the  next  en- 
suing scholastic  year;  stating  the  rate  of  millage  to  be  assessed 
and  collected  upon  the  taxable  property  of  their  sub-district 
to  cover  such  amount,  not  to  exceed  three  mills  on  the  dollar. 
A  copy  of  the  intemized  estimate  herein  provided  for  shall  be 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners, 
which  Board  shall  direct  the  Assessor  of  Taxes  to  assess,  and 
the  Collector  to  collect,  the  amount  so  stated.  Moneys  col- 
lected under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  paid  over  to 
the  trustees  of  the  sub-district  in  which  the  tax  is  levied. 


1899. 


Majority  of 
those  voting 
reqiiir.'d. 


Proviso, 


Qualificatioa. 


Bouudary. 


Duty  of  Trus- 
tees. 


Dispositioa  of 
money . 


(U 


SCHOOL   LAWS. 


1899. 


Object 


A  corporation. 


Truj-tees  u» 
give  t)oud. 


Sec.  5.  Tiie  object  of  .a school  sub-(li>trict  shall  be  to  })ro- 
mole  the  school  iuterest  of  the  district,  when  forme*],  by  the 
collection  and  judicious   appropriation  of  a  special  scliool  tax. 

Sec-.  6.  They  shall  also  be  a  corporation  with  the  usual 
powers  for  the  purpose  of  performing  their  »iuties. 

Sec.  7.  'i'hey  shall  receive  and  hold  the  money  which  may 
be  assessed  and  collected  as  hereinbefore  provided  as  a  special 
tax,  to  be  disbursed  in  the  district  where  collected,  solely  for 
school  pm-poses.  These  trustees  shall  be  required  to  give  bond 
in  twice  the  amount  raised  by  the  special  tax,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  before  receiving  any  such 
money. 

Sec.  8.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec,  9.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  approval  by  the 
Governor. 

Approved  May  20,  1895. 


Duty  ol  Ttus  ■ 
tees. 


-  Cbapter  4337— [No  16.] 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  3  Chapter  4194,  Laws  of  Florida",  Enti- 
tled an  Act  to  Provide  for  School  Sub-Districts  in  Counties  and 
Towns,  and  to  Provide  for  the  Levying  and  tJollection  of  Taxes 
for  the  Support  of  Schools  in  such  Sub-L)istricts,  Approved  June 
2, 1893. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Ltyldaturt  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  3  of  Chapter  4194  be  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty^  of  these  trustees  on  or  before 
the  last  Monday  in  June  of  each  year  to  prepare  an  itemized 
estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  nec- 
essary common  school  purposes  of  their  sub-district  for  the 
next  ensuing  scholastic  year;  stating  the  rate  of  millage  to  be 
assessed  and  collected  upon  the  taxable  property  of  their  sub- 
district  to  cover  such  amount,  not  to  exceed  three  mills  on  the 
dollar.  A  copy  of  the  itemized  estimate  herein  provided  for 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners and  the  Comptroller  of  the  State,  and  it  shall  become 
the  duty  of  the  Comptroller  to  assess  all  railroads  and  railroad 
property  situated  in  such  school  sub-district  upon  the  filing 
with  him  by  the  County  Commissioners  a  copy  of  the  amount 
to  be  assessed  by  the  County  Commissioners,   and  the  Corap- 


S(  ilOOl.  LA\Vr>.  (55 

troller   shali    collect   the  amount   so  asnessetl  hy  the  Coiinty         1899. 
(^miraissicdicis  in    such  sub-district  and   j)ay  over  the  same  to 
tlie  trustees  of  such  sub-district. 

Se(\  2.  All  laws  in  conflict  with  this  amendment  are  liei'eby 
repealed. 

Approved  June  1,  1895. 


Ohaj'Tku  4862— [No.  41.] 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Sctions  272,  273.  274  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of 
Florida,  Relative  to  the  Powers  and  Duties  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers of  State  Blind.  Deaf  and  Mute  Institute, 

Me  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  21'1  of  the   Revised  Statutes  of 
Florida  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  272.   Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the 
education,  care  and  maintenance  at  said  asylum  of  all  persons    ^."^>'  ^^"^'■•^ 
residing  in  this  State*  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one       '  '^""''*^"' 
years,  who  may  be  blind,  or  deaf  and  dumb. 

Sec.  2.  That  Section  273  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  273.  Any  person  entitled  to  admission  into  said  In- 
stitute, or  the  parent,  guardian  or  next  friend  of  such  person, 
may    apply   to    the   Board   of  County  Commissioners  of  the    County  t:om- 
county   of  his   residence,    and   the   County   Commissioners,  if    bsue  certiti- 
satisfied  that  the  person  is  so   entitled  to  such  admission,  shall    ^^^^  to  admit. 
issue  a  certificate  to  that  effect,  upon  which  the  applicant  shall 
be  received  into  the  asylum. 

Sec.  3.  That  Section   274    of  the    Revised   Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  274.  Said  Board  of  County  Commissioners  shall 
supply  means  of  transportation  of  such  persons  to  said  asy- 
lum, and  at  the  close  of  each  session  the  Board  of  Managers  J^aasportu- 
shall  supply  means  of  transportation  for  the  inmates  to  their 
respective  homes  and  return  at  the  opening  of  the  next  suc- 
ceeding session.  The  same  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general 
appropriation  for  the  maintenance  of  said  asylum;  those  who 
have  tne  means  w^ill  be  required  to  pay  the  necessary  expenses, 
tuition  excepted,  of  their  children  or  wards. 

Sec.  4.  All  laws  or  parts  of  Jaws  in   conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 


SCIlOOi.  LAWS. 

Sec.  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect   upon   its  passao;e  and  ap- 
proval by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  31,  1895. 


ELECTIOX    OF    COUNTY    I?0A11I)S    OF    PUIUJC    INSTKUCTIOX. 

Extract  from  the  General  Election  Law,  being  Chapter  43'i8, 
Laws  of  Florida,  approved  June  1st,  1895. 

Sectiox  3.  *  *  *  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion consisting  of  three  members,  one  member  from  each 
School  Board  District  elected  from  the  several  counties  at 
large  of  this  State,  shall  be  chosen  at  the  general  election  A. 
1).  1896,  and  at  every  general  election  thereafter,  unless 
changed  by  law. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 
SESSION    LAWS    OF    1897. 


Chai'teu  4566— [No.  oii.] 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  Teachers'  Summer  Schools,  and  to  Make 
Appropriatioas  Therefor. 

Whereas,  The  value  of  the  public  schools  must  be  meas- 
ured by  the  character  of  the  t-eachers  employed;  and 

Whereas,  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  liave  been  recognized 
in  all  the  States  as  one  of  the  most  potent  means  of  improv-  p.eambie. 
ing  the  work  of  those  engaged  in  teaching,  by  awakening 
greater  interest  and  enthusiasm  in  their  work  and  in  improv- 
ing their  scholarship  and  suggesting  the  best  methods  of  in- 
struction; and 

Whereas,  The  Trustees  of  the  Peabody  Fund  have  deemed 
money  expended  in  the  direction  of  improving  the  teaching 
force  as  the  wisest  disposition  of  their  trust  in  distributing  its 
benefits  to  all  the  children,  and  have  demanded  that  the  Legis- 
lature make  an  appropriation  to  supplement  their  donation  for 
this  particular  branch  of  school  work;   therefore 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  for 
the  year  of  1897,  and  three  thousand  dollars  for  the  year  1898, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  Appropriation 
holding  ai»  many  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  at  such  times 
and  places  as  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
may  designate,  and  as  the  fund  appropriated  and  donated  by 
the  Peabody  Trustees  will  sustain. 

Sec.  2.  That  impartial  provision  shall  be  made  for  the  in- 
struction of  teachers  of   both  races  in    these   Summer  Schools 
for  the  period  of   two  months,   and  the  sums  appropriated  in   ^ub^ecttoo?' 
the  foregoing  section  shall    be    subject  to  the    order    of  the   der  of  state 
State   Superintendent  of  Public    Instruction,  and   paid  upon   enfofpubiic 
requisition  of  said  Superintendent   upon  the  Comptroller,  out   ^"^^ruction. 
of  any  money  in  the  State  Treasury,  not  otherwise  appropri- 
ated. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  to  submit    a   report    to  the  next    General   supermteSS 
Assembly,  showing  where  and  the  number   of  such   Summer   entoft'ubiic 
Schools  conducted,  the  number  of  teachers  attending  each  by 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

sex  and  race,  the  number  of  conductors  of  each  school,  the 
number  of  days  service  rendered  by  each,  and  submit  vouch- 
ers for  every  dollar  of  the  fund  paid  out. 

Sec.  4.  Any  laws  in  conflict  with  this  act  is  repealed  by  this 
act. 


Salary  and 
mileage  of 
members  of 
Ctounty  School 
Boards. 


Chapter  4567 — [No.  5o.j 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  5,  of  Chapter  4193,  Laws  of  Florida, 
Being  an  Act  Fixing  the  Salaries  and  Mileage  of  the  County 
School  Boards. 

lie  it  Enacted  hi/  the  J.eyldature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Sectiox  L  That  Section  5  of  Chapter  4193,  Laws  of  Flor- 
ida, be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

The  members  of  the  various  County  School  Boards  shall  be 
paid  from  the  county  school  fund  for  their  services,  two  dol- 
lars per  day,  for  each  days  service,  and  ten  cents  per  mile  for 
every  mile  actually  traveled  in  going  to  and  from  the  county 
court  house  by  the  nearest  practical  route. 

Sec.  '2.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this 
act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 
Approved  June  4,  1887. 


Manner  of 
selecting  stu- 
dent for  free 
tuition,  etc . 


Craptek  4568— [No.  54.] 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Sections  3  and  4,  Chapter  4384,  Laws  of  Florida, 
Entitled  an  Act  to  Establish  at  Bartow,  Florida,  The  South  Florida 
Military  and  Educational  Institute  and  to  Provide  and  Appropri- 
ate Therefor,  Approved  May  39,  1895. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  3  of  Chapter  forty-three  hundred 
and  thirty-four  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Skction  3.  The  Representatives  from  each  county  in  con- 
nection with  the  Senator  representing  said  county  shall  be 
empowered  to  name  upon  competitive  examination  and  in 
such  manner  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  prescribe, 
one  student  for  each  county  who  shall  be  resident  in  laid 
county  to  the  said  South  Florida  Military  and  Educational 
Institute  who  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  full 
course    of   instruction    at    said    Institute    without  charge  for 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  69 

boarcl,    lodging,    tuition,    use   of   text    books,    wasliing,   fuel,         1899. 
lights  and   use  of  arms  and  equipments.     Said  student  to  be 
subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be   established 
for  the  government  and  direction  of  said  institution. 

Sec.  2.  That  Section  4  of  Chapter  forty-three  hundred  and 
thirty-four  be  a?nended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  4.  That  for  the  purpose   of  carrying  out  the  provis- 
ions of   this  act  the  sum  of  nine  thousand  dollars    ($9,000)    Appropriation, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated   for  each   of  the  two 
ensuing   years    commencing    September   1,   1897,  out  of  any 
moneys  in  the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Sec.  3.    All  laws  and  parts  of  law  in   conflict  with  these 
Amendments  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  1,  18y7. 


k 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

SESSION  LAWS  OF  J  899. 


School  uuit. 
School  Dhtricl. 


Special  tax 
Schools. 


Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction 
to  order  elec- 
tion. 


Special  Tax 
S^chool  Dis- 
trict. 


Matters  to  be 
determined  by 
election . 


Trustees  spec- 
ial tax  school 
district. 


Proviso. 


CiiAPTEK  4678 — [No.  17.] 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  the  Division  of  Counties  into  School  Dis- 
tricts, and  for  the  Election  Biennially  of  three  School  Trustees. 
and  to  Prescribe  their  Duties  and  Powers,  and  for  Levying,  Col- 
lecting and  Disbursing  District  School  Taxes. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  each  county  shall  consiitute  a  school  unit: 
that  all  sub-divisions  of  a  county  for  school  purposes  shall  be 
designated  as  school  districts;  all  school  districts  lev^ang  a 
school  district  tax  shall  hereafter  be  designated  as  special  tax 
school  districts,  and  all  schools  receiving  any  district  tax,  as 
special  tax  schools. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  any  county  to  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  any  sub- 
division of  any  city  or  incorporated  town,  community  or  sub- 
division of  the  county,  at  such  time  and  place  as  said  Board 
may  direct,  whenever  one-fourth  of  the  qualified  electors  that 
pay  a  tax  on  real  or  personal  property,  and  are  resident  in 
such  city,  incorporated  town,  community,  or  sub-division  of  the 
county,  shall  petition  for  such  election,  to  determine  whether 
such  city,  incorporated  town,  community  or  sub-division  of 
the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax  school  district  for  the 
purpose  of  levying  and  collecting  a  district  school  tax  for  the 
exclusive  use  of  public  free  schools  within  the  district;  at  such 
election  the  following  matters  shall  be  determined  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  ballots  cast  by  electors  qualified  as  herein  pre- 
scribed, except  that  the  three  persons  receiving  the  highest 
vote  at  such  election  shall  be  declared  School  Trustees  of  said 
district:  First,  whether  the  city,  incorporated  town,  commu- 
nity or  sub-division  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax 
school  district;  Second,  who  shall  be  the  School  Trustees  of 
said  district;  Third,  the  number  of  mills  of  district  tax  to  be 
levied  and  collected  annually  for  the  two  succeeding  years. 
The  three  persons  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  cast 
shall  be  declared  the  Trustees  elected  tor  the  special  tax  school 
district;  provided,  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  be  in  favor 
of  creating  such  special  tax  district,  who  shall  serve  for  the 
next  ensuing  two  years  and  perform  the  duties  hereinafter 
prescribed. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  71 

Se<'.  3.  Tlie  petition  mentioned  above  in  this  act  shall  pre-         1899. 
scribe  the  boundaries  of  the    sub-division  of  any   city,  or  city, 
incorpoiated  town,  community  or  sub-division    of  th*  county   wiiat i>etition 

S     ,  ,       ,.  .   .  "^  .    ,  ,        ,    1-        •  nil        must  prescribe, 

inten<led  to  be  formed  mto  a  special  tux  school  district.  1  he 
Board  of  J^ublic  Instruction  may,  however,  change  the 
boundaries  thereof  before  ordering  any  sucli  election;  but 
shall  in  no  case  include  territory  not  included  in  original  peti- 
ti<m,  and  shall  give  notice  of  any  such  change  in  the  notice  of 
election.  Special  tax  school  districts  created  under  this  act, 
shall  continue  until  <lis-estAblished  or  changed  by  like  proceed- 
ing as  those  by  which  they  were  created.  The  petition  pro- 
•vided  for  by  Section  2  of  this  act  shall  be  published  once  a  jSS*'""  "^^ 
week,  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks,  in  some  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  county  having  a  general  circulation  throughout 
the  county;  and  the  publication  shall  state  when  such  petition 
shall  be  presented  to  such  Hoards.  In  case  there  shall  be  no 
newspaper  published  in  the  county,  such  petition  and  notice 
shall  be  posted  in  the  manner  provided  in  Section  4  of  this 
act  for  the  posting  of  notice  of  election. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  the  cou!ity  to  cause  a  notice  of  said  election  to  be  pub-  xotieo  of  eiec- 
hshe«I  once  a  week  for  four  successive  weeks  prior  thereto  in  tiontoije  pub- 
a  newspaper  published  Within  the  county,  and  having  a  gen- 
oral  circulation  throughout  the  county;  but  if  no  newspaper 
be  published  in  said  county,  then  it  shall  cause  five  written  or 
printed  notices  of  said  election  to  be  posted  in  five  })ublic 
places  within  the  territory  in  which  the  election  is  ordered.  It 
shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc-  lu-pectors  and 
tion  to  appoint  inspectors  and  clerks  for  said  election,  whose 
duties  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  similar  officers  in  general 
elections,  except  as  herein  stated. 

Sec,  5.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  canvass  the 
returns  of  election  as  made  to  it  by  the  inspectors  and  clerks 
of  election,  and  declare  the  results  at  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  said  Board,  or  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Sk<".  6,  All  special  tax  school  district  elections  shall  be 
held  and  conducted  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law^  for  hold- 
ing general  elections,  except  as  provided  in  this  act,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  of  Registration  of  holding  eiec- 
any  county  to  furnish,  upon  payment  for  such  service,  to  tion. 
the  County  Board  of  PuVjlic  Instruction,  on  demand,  a  certi- 
fied list  of  the  qualified  voters  residing  in  a  special  tax  school 
district,  or  the  territory  to  be  created  into  a  special  tax  tchool 


clerks. 


('aiiTfiss  of  re- 
turns. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Who  entitle<l 
to  vote. 


County  Board 
of  Public  In- 
!?truction  to 
pay  expenses 
of  election. 


Elect  im  to  be 

held 

bi  enniallv. 


Trustees  have 
supervision  of 
public  schools. 


Trustees  to 
perform  duties 
of  Supervisor. 


Remoral  of 
Trustees. 


Schools  to  be 
under  control 
of  County 
lioard  of  Pub- 
Instruction 
and  County 
Superiniend- 
ent. 


Provif-o. 


district,  that  have  paid  a  tax  on  real   or  ])ers()iial  pi-opei-ty  for 
the  year  next  preceding  any  such  special  ta.v  election. 

Skc.  7.  All  qualitied  voters  residing  within  the  territory 
sought  to  be  raade  a  special  tax  scliool  district  that  pay  a  tax 
on  real  or  personal  property  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in 
said  election,  and  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  deter- 
mine any  matter  voted  upon,  pertaining  to  a  special  tax 
school  district.  The  cost  of  the  publication  of  the  notice  of 
such  election,  and  of  the  election  itself,  shall  be  paid  by  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  out  of  the  iirst  mone\'s. 
collected  from  the  special  tax  district.  * 

Sec.  8.  Elections  shall  be  held  bi-ennially  in  each  special 
tax  school  district,  as  near  as  practicable  upon  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  original  election,  under  the  direction  of  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  to  determine  who  shall 
be  Trustees  for  the  succeeding  two  years,  and  the  number  of 
mills  of  district  school  tax  to  be  levied  for  each  of  said  years; 
said  elections  shall  be  held  under  the  same  rules  and  regu- 
lations, and  qualifications  of  electors  shall  be  the  same  as 
prescribed  for  those  voting  in  the  original  election  creating  a 
special  tax  school  district. 

Sec.  9.  Whenever  a  special  tax  school  district  is  created 
and  Trustees  are  elected,  they  shall  have  the  supervision  of  all 
the  pubhc  s^^hools  within  said  district.  The  position  of  Su- 
pervisor shall  be  superseded  by  that  of  Trustees,  and  the 
duties  prescribed  by  law  for  Supervisors  shall  be  performed 
by  the  Trustees.  The  powders  of  Trustees  shall  not  be  those 
of  control,  but  of  supervision  only,  and  shall  extend  to  all 
the  public  schools  within  the  special  district.  Any  Trus- 
tee failing  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  position  shall  be 
removed,  after  due  notice  to  such  Trustee,  by  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction,  and  all  vacancies  occurring  in- 
the  Board  of  Trustees  from  any  cause,  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  the  County  Bourd  of  Public  Instiuction^ 
upon  nomination  by  the  patrons  of  the  school. 

Sec.  10.  All  public  schools  conducted  within  a  special 
tax  school  district  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  and  County  Super- 
intendent as  in  other  districts,  and  subject  to  the  same  laws, 
rules  and  regulations  prescribed  for  the  conduct  of  other 
schools,  except  that  the  Trustees  shall  have  the  power  to 
nominate  to  the  (\^unty  Board  of  Public  Instruction  teachers 
for  all  schools  within  such  special  district;  Provided,,  That  no 
person   be  nominated  for  teacher  who  does  not  ho  Ida  teach 


SC  HOOL  LAWS. 


73 


er's  certificate  unimpaired  ))y  suspension,  revocation  or  limi- 
tation, or  that  will  not  remain  in  full  force  for  the  term 
of  school,  and  obtained  in  compliance  with  the  laws  of  the 
State.  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have 
the  right  to  reject  any  teacher  nominated,  and  in  case  the 
second  nomination  of  a  teacher  for  any  position  be  not  rati- 
fied, the  said  Board  shall  then  proceed  on  its  own  motion,  to 
fill  vacancies  in  the  teaching  force  in  any  school  in  the 
special  tax  school  district. 

Sec.  11.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  the  further 
right  to  say  what  proportion  of  the  school  funds  raised  within 
the  district  shall  be  applied  in  any  year  to  building,  repairs 
on  buildings,  to  school  libraries,  to  salaries  of  teachers,  and 
to  other  educational  purposes;  Provided.,  That  they  shall 
make  a  fair  and  equitable  distribution  of  the  funds  among 
all  the  schools  in  the  special  tax  school  district,  which  shall 
be  shown  in  their  itemized  estimate. 

Se<'.  1*2.  It  shall  be  the   duty  of   these  Trustees,  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year,  to  prepare  an  itemized 
estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money  necessary  and  likely 
to  be  raised  for  the  supplement   of  the  county  school  funds 
appropriated  to  the  district  for  the    next  ensuing  scholastic 
year,  and  to  certify  therein  the    rate    of  millage  voted  to  be 
assessed  and  collected  upon  the  taxable   property  within  the 
special  tax  school  district  for  that  year.     This  estimate  shall 
set  forth   clearly  the  apportionment  of  money  raised  within 
the  district   pro  rated  to   each  school  within  the  district,  stat- 
ing the  amount  that  will  be  applied  to  the  salaries  of  teachers, 
buildings,  furniture   or   for    other    educational    purposes.     It 
shall  also    state   the  number   of  miles    of  railroad  track  and 
telegraph  lines  within  the  bounds  of  the  district.     This  item- 
ized    estimate    shall     be     made     in     triplicate,     one     copy 
to     be     tiled    with    the    Clerk    of    the    Board    of    County 
Commissioners,     one    copy    with    the    Comptroller    of    the 
State,     one     copy     with     the     County     Board     of     Public 
Instruction;     Provided.,    That  where    there    are    no  railroad 
or  telegraph  lines  in  such  district  such  itemized  estimate  need 
not  be  furnished  to  the  Comptroller.     It    shall    be    the  duty 
of  the  County  Commissioners  to  order  the  Assessor  to  assess, 
and  the  Collector  to  collect  the  amount  legally  assessed  upon 
the  property  of  the  special    district,    at   the    rate    of  millage 
designated  by  the  Board  of   Trustees,  and  pay  the    same    to 
the  County  Treasurer;  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Comptroller 
of  the  State  to  assess  all  'railroads  and   railroad  property,  to- 
gether with  telegraph  lines  and  telegraph  property  situated  in 


1899. 


County  Board 
Public  In- 
struction right 
to  reject  any 
teacher. 


Powers  ot 
Trustees. 


Duty  of 
Trustees. 


Duty  of  County 

Coininission- 

ers. 


Duty  ot  Comp- 
troller. 


74 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Duty  of 
County  Board 
>f  Public  Iii- 
■■stnictiou . 


•County  Treas- 
urer liable  for 
.special  tax . 


■  Special  tax 
.-fund . 


KProYisQ 


'Trustees  to  be 
a  <x>rporati()n 


i'Proviso. 


such  school  special  district,  and  to  collect  the  taxes  thereon 
in  the  same  manner  as  required  by  law  to  assess  and  collect 
said  taxes  for  State  and  county  purposes,  and  to  remit  the 
same  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  counties,  to  be  by  them  held  to 
the  credit  of  each  special  tax  school  district  fund  and  to  be 
paid  out  as  hereinafter  provided.  It  shall  be  the^duty  of  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  to  add  the  amount  set 
apart  for  the  salaries  of  teachers  in  each  school  within  the 
special  tax  school  district  to  the  county  appropriation  made 
for  that  school,  and  upon  this  determine  the  salaries  to  be 
paid  teachers  and  the  length  of  the  term  that  the  school  shall 
continue,  and  contract  with  teachers  for  the  full  terra  that  said 
fund,  arising  from  both  county  appropriation  and  the  special 
tax  fund,  will  sustain  the  school.  The  part  of  this  fund  aris- 
ing from  the  special  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the  teachers  upon 
the  order  of  the  County  Board  based  upon  reports  approved 
by  the  Trustees,  the  same  as  other  school  funds  are  paid  upon 
the  endorsement  of  school  Supervisors.  The  County  Treas- 
urer shall  be  liable  for  all  special  tax  school  district  funds 
upon  his  official  bond,  after  receiving  said  funds,  as  in  the  case 
of  other  county  revenues. 

Sec.  13.  The  special  tax  fund  set  apart  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  the  payment  of  teachers  shall  not  be  subject  to 
requisition  for  any  other  purpose  by  said  Trustees;  the  funds 
estimated  for  other  educational  purposes  shall  be  paid  out  by 
warrants  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county 
upon  the  County  Treasurer,  said  warrants  to  be  based  upon 
requisitions  made  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  accompanied  by 
itemized  bills  for  things  purchased  or  work  performed.  All 
special  funds  collected  within  a  school  district  shall  be  dis- 
bursed solely  for  school  purposes  within  the  district  in  which 
collected,  and,  as  near  as  practicable,  in  the  year  in  which  the 
tax  is  collected,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees;  Provided,,  That  the  Trustees  shall  make  no  con- 
tract with  one  of  its  members  embracing  any  monetary  con- 
sideration . 

Sec.  14.  The  Trustees  of  any  school  district  shall  be  a  cor- 
poration and  may  hold  property,  sue  and  be  sued,  and  perform 
other  corporate  functions,  and  perform  the  usual  duties  neces- 
sary to  provide  buildings,  repair  the  same,  and  to  purchase 
libraries  and  other  school  appliances;  Promded^  That  no  debt 
shall  be  created  without  the  approval  of  the  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 


SCHOOL  LAWS, 

^EC.  15.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  have  the  effect  to  abro- 
gate or  anywise  impair  any  existing  school  sub-district,  but 
the  same  are  hereafter  to  be  governed  by  this  act. 

Sec.  16.  Children  residing  outside  of  any  special  tax  school 
district  shall  not  attend  school  in  any  such  district  without 
the  consent  of  the  Trustees  thereof,  and  of  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction;  Provided^  That  nothing  in  this  act 
shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  attendance  from  an  ad- 
joining county,  provided  the  County  School  Board  of  such 
adjoining  county  shall  pay  a  pro  rata  share  of  such  attend- 
ance. Such  prorata  share  to  be  estimated,  by  the  Trustees  of 
>uch  school  where  such  attendance  is  piade;  Provided  farther^ 
That  pupils  from  other  districts  or  sub-districts  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  same  conditions  as  pupils  from  other  counties  as  pro- 
vided in  this  act. 

Sec.  17.  Each  voter  voting  at  any  election  under  this  act 
^hall  vote  but  one  ballot,  and  the  same  shall  be  written,  or 
r»rinted  in  black  ink  on  plain  white  paper,  and  be  substantially 
^f  the  following  form,  according  as  he  may  desire  to  vote 
ipon  an}',  or  all  of  the  questions  submitted: 

Kor  (or  Against)  Special  Tax  School  District •  •  •.. 

■^(•liool  Trustees  (Stating  their  names) 

Maximum  Tax  J^evy:   mills. 

Sec.  18.  All  laws  or  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  with  this  act 
ire  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  19.  This  act  sh'all  take  effect  thirty  days  after  its  pas- 
sage and  approval  b}^  the  Governor. 
Approved  June  5,  1899. 


1899. 


Not  to  oHec't 
existiiiff  school 
sub- districts. 


CliiUireu  out- 
side of  special 
tax 
school  district. 


Proviso 


Proviso. 


As  to  voting. 


Chapter  4679— [Xo.  IS.] 

k^  ACT  to  Amend  Section  260,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  entitled  'Census  by  Supervisors"  and  Section 
261.  of  such  Revised  Statutes,  entitled  "On  Failure  of  Supervisors, 
Superintendent  to  Take  Census." 

Be  it  Enacted  h,/  the  Ler/lslature  of  the  State  of  Florida  : 

Section  1.  That  Section  260  of  the  such  Revised  Statutes, 
>uch  section  being  entitled,  Census  by  Supervisor,  be  and  the 
lame  is  liereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 


76 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 

County  Super- 
intendent to 
take  eensus. 


Penalty  for 
failure  to  per- 
form duty. 


County  tJchool 
Board. to  have 
duties  per- 
form ed*on 
failure^  of 
County  Super- 
intend'ent. 


liGO.  Census  by  Superintendent. — It  shall  be  the  dut;^-  ot 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of  eacii 
county  before  the  15th  day  of  May  in  the  year  1900, 
and  every  ten  years  thereafter,  to  take  the  census 
of  all  children  in  his  county,  between  the  ages  of 
6  and  21  years;  and  if  any  such  children  be  idiots,  or 
insane,  or  blind,  or  deaf  mutes  he  shall  so  state,  and  he  shall 
report  such  census  to  the  School  Board  of  the  county,  and  to 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  June  of  the  year  in  which  such  census  shall 
be  taken,  lie  shall  certify  to  such  report  as  being  correct, 
and  shall  be  paid  three  cents  for  each  child  so  reported,  and 
upon  his  failing  to  p^-form  ihe  duties  herein  required  of 
him,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  office.  In  case  he  shall  employ 
any  person  or  persons  to  assist  in  making  any  such  enumera- 
tion of  such  children,  such  person  or  persons  shall  make  a 
sworn  statement  showing  when  and  where  such  enumeration 
was  made,  and  that  the  same  is  correct,  and  the  same  shall 
be  filed  by  the  Superintendent  with  the  School  Board  as 
part  of  his  report. 

Sec.  6.  That  said  Section  261  of  said  Revised  Statutes  i>i 
hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

261.  On  the  Failure  of  Superintendent,  the  County  School 
Board  to  Have  Census  Taken. — In  case  the  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Schools  shall  fail  to  perform  any  duty  imposed 
upon  him  by  the  preceding  section,  as  and  when  the  same  is 
required  to  be  performed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County 
School  Board  to  cause  the  same  to  be  done  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable by  some  person  or  persons  to  be  selected  by  such 
Board. 

App»*oved  June  5,  1899. 


Uniform  sys- 
tem of  school 
books. 


Chaptjch  4680— [Xo.  19.] 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  County  Adoptions  of  Uniformity  of  Text 
Books  in  the  Public  Free  Schools  of  this  State. 

Be  U  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida  : 

Sectiox  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction  to  put  in  operation  in  the  public  free 
schools  in  their  respective  counties  a  uniform  system  of  school 
books;  but  however,  that  the  adoption  of   such   system    shall 


£Auf6y^^^^ 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

be  gradual  and  not  sooner  made  than  the  interests  of  the 
pupils  and  patrons  may  dictate;  And  Frovided,  That  the  en- 
tire adoption  shall  be  consummated  by  July  1,  1901. 

Sec.  2.  The  selection  of  books  to  constitute  such  uniform 
system  in  each  county  shall  be  made  by  the  County  Board 
o'f  Public  Instruction'  of  the  county,  who  before  decidmg 
upon  any  book  or  books  shall  consult  with  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Schools  and  at  least  three  leading  teach- 
ers of  the  county.  Before  any  adoption  shall  be  made  at 
least  sixty  days'  previous  notice  of  the  time  and  place  such 
adoption  Avill  considered  published  once  a  week  for  three 
successive  weeks  in  some  newspaper  having  a  general  circula- 
tion throughout  the  county,  or  in  the  absence  of  such  news- 
paper to  be  posted  in  at  least  five  different  and  conspicuous 
places  in  the  county  shall  be  given  by  the  School  Board;  any 
adoption  made  hereunder  shall  last  at  least  five  years.  The 
County  Superintendent  shall  see  that  the  books  adopted  are 
used  by  the  pupils  and  the  teachers  shall  not  use  any  other 
books  in  teaching. 

Sec.  3.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  have  the  effect  to  inter- 
fere with  or  impair  any  entire  or  partial  adoption  heretofore 
made  and  now  existing  in  any  county  of  the  State. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its 
approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  5,  1899. 


i  t 


1899. 


Selection  oi 
books  to  be 
made  Viy 
County 
Uoanls. 


Notice  of  adof>- 
tiou  to  be 
.ifiven  by 
School  Board. 


Where  act 
does  not  inter- 
fere. 


Chapter  4681— [No.  20.] 

AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  Teachers'  Summer  Schools,  and  to  Make 
Appropriations  Therefor. 

Whereas,  Dr.  J.  L.  M.  Curry,  Agent  of  the  Peabody  Fund, 
has  written  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
that  he  "will  gladly  renew  the  appropriation  for  Teachers' 
Summer  Schools  to  the  extent  of  11200,  provided  the  Legis- 
lature will  supplement  it  by  an  equal  or  greater  sum,"  and 
there  is  and  always  will  be  a  large  proportion  of  the  teachers 
in  the  public  schools  without  professional  training  and  poorly 
fitted  for  the  work;   therefore, 

Jie  it  Unacted  hj  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  the  sum  of  one  thousand  eight  hunndred 
(lollars  for  the  year  1899,  and  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
dollars   for   the   year    1900,    be,    and    the    same    is    hereby 


Preamble. 


Approjiriatiou 
lor  181«)  and 
19(J0. 


1899. 


Instruction  of 
teachers  of 
l)oth'races. 


Duty  of  State 
t^uperinteud- 
ont. 


SCFIOOL  LAWS. 

appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  as  many 
Summer  Schools  for  teachers,  at  such  times  and  places 
as  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
may  deem  best,  and  as  the  fund  appropriated  and 
donated  by  the  Peabody  Trustees  will  sustain.  And 
the  sums  appropriated  shall  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  on  the 
warrant  of  Comptroller  to  the  teachers  of  said  Summer 
Schools  upon  vouchers  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent 
accompanied  with  a  certificate  of  the  County  Superintendent 
of  the  county  in  which  such  school  has  been  taucht,  that  the 
service  charged  for  has  been  rendered,  such  accounts  to  be 
audited  by  the  Comptroller  before  payment. 

Sec.  '1.  That  impartial  provision  shall  be  made  for  the  in- 
struction of  teachers  of  both  races  in  these  Summer  Schools, 
and  the  sums  appropriated  in  the  foregoing  section  shall  be 
subject  to  the  order  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  paid  upon  requisition  of  said  Superintendent 
upon  the  Comptroller  out  of  any  money,  in  the  State  IVeasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  to  submit  a  report  to  the  next  General 
Assembly  showing  the  number  and  location  of  such  schools, 
the  number  of  teachers  attending  each,  by  sex  and  race,  the 
number  of  instructors  employed  in  each  school,  the  number 
of  daj's'  service  rendered  by  each,  and  submit  vouchers  for 
for  every  dollar  of  the  fund  paid  out. 

Sec.  4.  Any  laws  in  conflict  with  this  act  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  June  2,  1899. 


Chapter  4682— [No.  21.] 

AN  ACT  to  Authorize  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  ai 
County  of  the  State  of  Florida  to  Contract  Debts  for  the  Purchase 
of  Real  Estate  to  be  used  for  Educational  Purposes,  for  the  Erec- 
tion of  School  Buildmgs,  and  to  Provide  for  the  Payment  Thereof, 

Jie  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 


Section  1.  That  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  upor 
the  request  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  after  an  af 
firmative    vote  of    the    qualified    voters    who  are  tax-payen 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  ^JZ^ 

therein  a.ul   have  paid   all  taxes  due  by   them  for  two  years    __li9^:_ 
next  and  preceding  said  election  in  any   sub-school  district  or   ^>u^corn^^ 
county  which  debt   shall   be   a  charge  or  lien  only  upon  such  J^^^S^ 
sub-school  district   or   county  as   the  case  may  be,  are  hereby   pun^as^--^^ 
authorized  to  contract  debts  for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  to   j<>r edu^Uonai 
be  used  for   educational   purposes,  for  the  erection  ot  schoo     pun-c- 
buildings,  and  to  pay  such  debts  out  of  the  current  income  ot 
any  year,  or  out  of  the  income  of  succeeding  years;  1  romded. 
That  the  necessary  expense  of  maintaining  the  schools  m  any 
county  during  any  year  shall  constitute  the  first  claim  against 
the  school  fund  of  that  year. 

Sec  2.  That  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  upon  the 
request  of  the  Board    of  Public   Instruction   after  an  afiirma- 
tive  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  who  are  tax-payers  therein 
and  have  paid  all  taxes  due  by  them  for  two  years  next  and 
,>receding   said   election   in  any  sub-school  district  or  county    SS,^?- 
which  debt  shall  be  a  charge  or  lien  only  upon  such  sub-scnooi   thorized  to 
district  or  county  as  the  case  may  be,  are  hereby  authorized  to   borrow  money. 
borrow  money  fVom   time  to  time  as  occasion  may  require  to 
discharge  any  debt   or   liability  incurred  for  the  purchase   ot 
real  estate  for  educational  purposes,  for  the  erection  of  school 
buildings,   and  to  pay   the  interest  and  principal   out  of  the 
current  income  of  any  year,  or  out  of  the  income  of  succeed- 
ing years;  Prvmded,   That  the   necessary   expense   of  main- 
taining the  schools  in  any  county  during   any  year  shall  con- 
stitute the  first  claim  against  the  school  fund  of  that  year. 
Skc.  3.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage  and  approval. 
Approved  June  1,  1891). 


Chapter  4666— [No.  5.] 

AN    ACT   R^aling   to  the   Collection    of  and  Accounting  for  Poll 
Taxes  Collected  in  this  State. 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida  : 

Section  1.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  it    ^^^^^  ^^^  ,^,^^ 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax  Collector  in  every  county  of  this   collector 
State  to  file  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  every  month  with    ^^^^^^^i^l    ^ 
the  County  School   Board,  a  certified   list  of  the  immes  of  all 
persons  whose  poll  taxes  were  paid  during  the  previous  month, 
giving  the  year  for  which  such  payments  were  made.     A  copy 
of  this  list" shall  also  be  filed  with  the   County  Commissioners 


80 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


Dutj'  of  School 
Hoard. 


Penaltr. 


Duty  of 
County  Super- 
intendent. 


Duty  of  State 
Superiuten  - 
dent  of  Public 
Instruction. 


with  a  receipt  from  the  County  Treasurer  for  the  atnount  col- 
lected as  such  poll  taxes.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  School 
Board  to  examine  at  least  twice  each  j'ear  the  books  and  rec- 
ords of  the  Tax  Collector  which  relate  to  the  collection  of  poll 
taxes  and  said  Board  shall  require  prompt  settlement  for  all 
poll  taxes  assessed,  together  with  those  not  assessed  but  col- 
lected. 

Any  Tax  Collector  or  member  of  a  County  School  Board 
who  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  suspended  from  office. 

Sko.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  acting  as  Secretary  of  the  County 
School  Board,  to  make  and  forward  monthly  a  certified  copy 
of  the  monthly  lists  of  persons  who  have  .paid  their  poll 
taxes,  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  act,  to  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction,  who  shall  file  and  preserve 
the  same  in  his  office  as  a  part  of  the  public  records  and 
furnish  copies  thereof  when  requested  by  citizens  of  this 
State. 


Approved  June  2,  18»9. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS 


PRESCRIBED    BY    THE 


State  Board  of  Education. 

^895. 


Dei'artment  of  Public  Instruction, 

Tallahassee,  Fla.,  Oct.  7,  1895. 
In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  33,  para- 
graplis  1st  and  7th,  the  following  Regulations,  Instructions 
and  Forms  have  been  prescribed  by  tlie  State  Board  of 
Education  for  tiie  use  and  guidance  of  school  officers  and 
teachers.     (  Vide  Section  3.) 


EHgibility  to 
school  office. 


REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS. 
general. 

RpXrULATiON  1.  Persons  to  be  eligible  to  school  offices  or 
positions  must  be  of  good  moral  character,  temperate,  up- 
right, regponsible,  competent,  and  in  full  sympathy  with 
the  public  educational  system  of  the  State. 

Reg.  2.  All  Rules  and  Regulations  prescribed  by  County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction,    not  at  variance   witfli  the   Forceof  Reg- 
Statutes  or  the  Regulations  and  Instructions  of  the  State  ^lat'ons. 
Board  of  Education,  shall  have  the  full  force  and  effect  of 
law,  and  must  be  respected  accordingly. 

Rkg.  3.  County  school  officers  and  teachers  shall  in  all 
cases  use  the  blanks,  forms,  registers,  etc.,  prescribed  and 
furnished  bj  the  State  Department. 


Use  of  blanks. 


82 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1899. 


To  be  com- 
misfeionect  by 
State  Supeiih- 
tendeut. 


To  hold  resu- 
lar  meetiugs. 


When  to  issue 
■warrants. 


Wheu  to  eon- 
tract  with 
teachers. 


To  assif^n 
teachers. 


W  heu  to  as- 
hign  teachers 


(.'UL'NTY    BOAUDS    o¥    PUBLIC    J^STKLCTIOA. 

Uku.  4.  MfMiibers  ot  Cuiinty  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion before  assunjino-  the  duties  of  tlie  office,  must  be  com 
missioned  bj  the  State  Supei'intendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. The  Secretary  of  State,  as  soon  as  jjracticabie  after 
any  general  election,  shall  notify  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  of  the  election  of  School  Board  mem- 
bers in  each  county,  giving  nauje,  ^chool  Boaid  District, 
and  post-othce  addiess  of  each;  and  the  State  Superintend- 
ent, on  or  before  the  lii'st  day  of  January  thereafter,  shall 
issue  and  transmit  commissions  to  said  members  ele(!t. 

Keg.  5.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  hold 
regular  meetings,  at  least  monthly,  during  the  session  of 
schools,  when  they  shall  examine  carefully  all  teachers* 
reports,  issue  warrants,  hear  the  report  of  the  County  Su- 
perintendent and  transact  other  business. 

Reg.  6.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not 
issue  a  wan-ant  to  any  teacher,  until  the  monthly  report  of 
said  teacher,  on  which  the  warrant  is  based,  be  made  out 
in  conformity  with  the  blanks  furnislied,  and  in  compli- 
ance with  the  directions  given  in  the  Teacher's  Kegister. 

'  Reg.  7.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shalj  not 
contract  with  any  person  to  teach  a  school  who  does  not 
hold  a  Teacher's  Certiticate,  unimpaired  by  suspension, 
revocation  or  limitation,  and  granted  in  accordance  with 
law.  Nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled  to  compensation 
from  the  public  fund  until  he  has  been  employed  and  con- 
tracted with  by  a  Board. 

Reg.  8.  It  is  the  duty  ot  County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction to  select,  assign  and  contract  with  teachers. 
This  duty  can  in  no  case  be  delegated  to  Supervisors  or 
patrons;  but  the  Supervisor  may  report  to  the  County 
Board,  for  its  consideration,  the  names  of  such  teachers  as 
he  thinks  best  suited  to  the  requirements  ot  the  school  and 
most  satisfactory  to  the  patrons. 

Reg^.  9.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall,  at 
tlie  tirst  reguler  meeting  after  the  June  examination  in 
each  year,  proceed  to  assign  teachers  to  schools  for  the 
ensuing  scholastic  year,  selecting  lirst  from  the  list  of 
teachers  those  holding  State  or  Couutv  Certificates,  sala- 
ries may  be  iixed  and  contracts  entered  into  at  a  subse- 
quent meeting.  After  the  September  examination,  all  va- 
cancies that  exist  shall  be  filled  in  like  manner. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORM^,  }^S 

HhjG.  10.  Tlie  State   Board  ot  Education  earnestly   ad-    1899. 

luonifeiies  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  exercise  I        ~~ 

•         I  1  ..       /•  1  1^1  To  avoid  fa- 

great  caution    in   the  enoployment  of  teacliers,  that  they   vontism 

may  not  subject  themselves  to  the  charge  of  being  influ- 
enced by  personal  or  political  favoritism,  sectarianism,  or 
bv  ties  of  relationship. 

ItKG.  11,  The  State  Board  of  Education  calls  the  special 
,.:tention  of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  the   loorescnbe 
duty  of  prescribing  a   uniform  course   of  study  for  their  S?uree"of 
techools,  and  grading  the  same,  as  provided  in  Sec.  40,  Par.   **"^y 
14:th,  of  the  School  Laws. 

Rko.  12.  The  State  Board  of  Education  reccmmends  the 
ailoption  by  County  Boards  of  a  system  of  Rules  and  Reg-  ^^^  -^^  ^^^^ 
tilation?  for  their  guidance  and  for  the  government  of  aidreguia; 
Uools,  teachers,  and  pupils.  Such  Rules  and  Regulations, 
i^ether  with  the  prescribed  course  of  study,  sliould  be 
printed  in  p;imphlet  form  and  copies  ol  the  same  tiled  in 
the  MtMce  of  the  State  Department.  The  State  Superin- 
tendent shall,  upon  request,  furnish  a  copy  of  such  pam- 
|>lilet  to  other  County  Boards. 

Reg.  13.  The  Slate  Board  of  Education  recommends  to 
CJounty  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  the  adoption,  for 
their  several  counties,  of  a  regulation  for  the  uniform  ob-  1^}^"?™*^  *'"^* 
servance  of  she  Christinas  holidays,  suggesting  that  all 
schools  suspend  not  later  than  December  24:th,  and  resume 
not  earlier  than  the  following  2d  day  of  January. 

Reg.  14.  The  State  Board  of  Education  names  the  first 
Friday  of  February  of  each  year  as  Arbor-Day,  which 
«hall  not  be  observed  as  a  holiday,  but  shall  be  devoted  to  Arb<iriuy. 
the  planting  of  trees  on  school  grounds  or  other  appropri- 
ate public  places,  together  with  suitable  exercises,  lessons 
or  lectures  designed  to  interest  and  instruct  the  children 
in  the  care  and  cultivation  of  trees.  No  teacher  should  be 
allowed  compensation  for  Arbor-Day,  unless  a  prescribed 
number  of  trees  has  been  properly  planted  and  securely 
jirotected  against  injury. 

Reg.  15.  County    Boards  of  Public   Instruction  should 
adopt  a  regulation  requiring   pu})il5   from  other  States,  or  y^y  ^.^uire 
trom  other  counties,   to   pay  a  specitied  tuition  fee  to  the  tuition  fees, 
teacher,  to  be  by  him  paid  to  the  County  Superintendent, 
and  reported  by  the  latter  to  the  County  I'oard. 


84 


KEGULATIONS  AND  FOKM8. 


1899. 


To  obsijrve 
3- mile  limSt. 


May  combine 
kc^jooJb. 


To  district 
(,'oupties. 


To  inform   Su 
pervisors  of 
their  jurisdic- 
tion. 


To  restrict 
i^chool  attend- 
ance to  i)roper 
district 


Not  to  coil  - 
tract  for  a  term 
beyond  the 
life  of  a  cer- 
tificate. 


To  remove 
Trustees  and 
appoints 


Rkg.  16.  The  attention  oi'  County  Boards  ot*  Public  In- 
struction is  called  to  the  fact  that  the  law  expressly  pro- 
hibits the  establishing  of  schools,  for  thesatue  race,  nearer 
tlian  three  !iiiles  of  each  other,  unless  made  necessary  by 
[ocal  geographical  features.  AVhere  this  law  has  been 
violated  in  the  past,  it  is  the  duty  of  County  Boards  to 
proceed  as  si)eedily  as  consistent  with  the  interest  of  all 
concerned,  to  combine  two  or  more  schools  into  one,  when 
})racticable,  or  otherwise  re  arrange  them  so  as  to  conforn> 
to  the  provisions  of  Sec.  40,  Par.  6th,  of  the  School  Laws. 

Reg.  17.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  are  di- 
rected and  enjoined  to  sub-divide  their  respective  counties 
into  convenient  and  permanent  scliool  districts,  for  each 
race  separately,  and  to  keep  a  record  ot  each  district  by 
uame,  by  number,  and  by  description  of  lands  contained 
therein  (or  hy  boundaries)  in  order  chat  sj^ecilic  knowledge 
may  be  liad  as  to  the  metes  and  bounds  of  each  school  dis- 
trict. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Boards  to  furnish  each 
Supervisor  with  a  proper  description  of  the  territory  em- 
braced within  his  jurisdiction. 

.  Reg.  18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  eacli  County  Board  to 
adopt  necessary  regulations  to  restrict  the  attendance  of 
pupils  to  the  school  within  their  own  district,  except  as 
the  Board  may  by  special  permit  or  by  regulation  allow 
attendance  elsewhere;  Provided,  All  pupils  of  the  county,, 
qualified  theretor,  may  attend  the  County  High  School. 

Reg.  19.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not 
enter  into  contract  with  any  teacher  for  a  term  of  service 
extending  beyond  the  life  of  the  certificate  held  by  tho 
teacher. 

Reg.  20.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
have  the  authority  to  remove  any  member  of  a  Board  of 
Trustees  of  a  special  tax  school  district  who  fails  to  dis- 
charge his  duty. 

All  vacancies  in  Boards  of  Trustees  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  the  County  Board  ot  Public  Instruc- 
tion upon  the  nomination  of  the  County    Superintendent. 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRCTION. 


When  to  make 
annual  rejiort. 


Reg.  21.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion in  each  county  shall,  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day 
of  July   of  each  year,  prepare  and  forward   to  the  State 


I 


KEGILATIONS  AND  FOHMS. 


85 


Superintendent  an    Annual   Report,  .in    conformity   with         ^^Q^- 
blanks  and  instructions   sent  out   from    tlie  State  Depart- 
ment. 

11kg.  22.  The  County  Superintendent  shall  give  ample 
notice  before  every  county  examination  of  the  time  and 
place  thereof. 

Rkg.  23.  In  case  separate  places  are  necessary  to  be  pro- 
vided for  the  examination  of  white  and  negro  teachers,  the 
County  Superintendents  are  authorized  to  appoint  competent  assistants 
assistants  to  conduct  the  examinations,  but  he  shall  be  re- 
sponsible for  the  official  acts  of  said  assistants. 

liKg.  24:.  County  Superintendents  are  directed  to  furnish 
the  proper  blanks,  and  to  see  that  applicants  for  examina- 
tion file  the  necessary  endorsement  of  good  moral  charac- 
ter, as  provided  in  section  61,  before  admitting  them  to  the 
examination. 

Reg.  25.  In  case  a  vacancy  should  occur  in  the  teaching 
force  of  any  school  between  the  regular  meetings  of  the 
Board,  the  County  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  fill  the 
same,  subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Board  at  its  next 
regular  meeting. 


Notice  of  ex- 
aminations. 


May  appoint 


To  reqm re  en- 
dorsement ol 
character. 


When  to  ap- 
point teachers. 


Skc.  26.  County  Superintendents  shall  direct  tea<;hers  to 
make  out  monthly  reports  for  twenty  days,  and  to  instruct 
teachers,  in  case  a  legal  holiday  falls  within  the  month  and 
is  not  taught,  to  add  as  the  attendance  of  that  day  the  av- 
erage attendance  of  the  actual  number  of  days  taught  that 
month. 

SUPERVISORS    AND    TRUSTEES. 


How  to  report 

holidays. 


Reg.  27.   School  Supervisors  shall  be  governed    in  the 
general  discharge  of  their  duties  by  the  directions  and  the   "* 
Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. 


Reg.  28.  The  office  of  Supervisor  is  not  one  of  control, 
but  of  oversight  only.  Schools  while  in  session  are  under 
the  immediate  control  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. But  in  case  of  emergency  the  County  Superin- 
tendent raav  suspend  or  close  a  school,  subject  to  the  ac- 
tion of  the  Board  at  its  next  meeting. 


ijoverned. 


Powers  de- 
fined. 


•86 


REGULATIOXS  AND  FOF.'MS 


1899. 


Discretionary 
powers  of 
Countj'  Super- 
intendent. 


Trustees  su  - 
I»er8cde  Supe 
visors. 


Reg.  29.  The  patrons  should  recouuneiid  to  tlie  County 
Superintendent  suitable  persons  tor  Supervisors  (Sec.  40, 
Par.  3d);  but  the  County  Superintendent  may  exercise 
some  discretion  in  nominating  such  to  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  for  appointment  (Sec.  4S,  Par.  5th). 

Rkg.  30.  The  position  of  Supervisor- is  superseded  by  a 
Board  of  Trustees,  when  a  school  district  becomes  a  sub- 
district  [special  tax  district]  and  levies  a  s})ecial  tax  for 
school  purposes.  The  duties  prescribed  for  Supervisor 
shall  then  be  performed  by  the  Trustees. 


Primary  du- 
ties bt  teacli  - 

crs. 


'Corporal    pun 
tahment. 


TEACHERS. 

Reg.  31.  Before  beginning  a  school,  a  teacher  must  ex- 
hibit to  the  County  Superintendent  a  certificate  unimpaired 
by  suspension,  revocation  or  limitation,  enter  into  a  con- 
tract,procure  a  register  and  all  necessary  blanks.  lie  must 
keep  his  register  in  accordance  with  the  printed  directions 
therein,  and  must  make  out  his  monthly  r<^ports  in  strict 
conformit}' to  the  blanks  furnished, 

^  Reg.  32.  Teachers  are  notified  that  there  is  nothing  in 
the  school  laws  of  the  State  prohibiting  the  infliction  of 
corporal  punishment,  when  in  their  judgment  it  is  neces- 
sary; Provided^  however^  That  such  j)unishment  &lmll  not 
be  unnecessarilv  severe. 


TEACHERS    CERTIFICATES. 


Prerequisites 
for  State  Cer- 
tificate . 


For  Life  Cer 
tificate . 


Teachers 
«liould  ad- 
vance the 
srade  of  their 
certificate  or 
be  dropped 
out. 


Reg.^33.  Applicants  for  examination  for  State  Certifi- 
cates, unless  personally  known  to  the  State  Superintendent, 
must  tile  written  evidence  of  havini?  taught  at  least  twenty- 
four  (24)  months  under  a  county  First  Grade  Certificate, 
or  its  equivalent,  eight  (8)  months  of  which  time  must  be 
shown  to  have  been  taught  successfully  in  the  schools  of 
this  State. 

Reg.  34.  Applicants  for  Life  Certificates  must  present 
endorsements  in  conformity  to  law,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  blanksTurnished  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

Reg.  35.  "All  teachers  should  of  their  own  purpose  ^eek 
from  time  to  time  to  advance  the  class  of  their  certificates 
by  diligent  and  persistent  study  and  the  constant  reading 
of  the  best  journal*  of  school  work,  and  books  treating  of 
methods,  discipline  and  government   of  the   gchool,  and  so 


I^EGULATIONS  AND   FOliMS.  87 

pass  from  the  lowest  to  the   highest  grade   of  certificate,        1899. 
and  carry  with  it  the  increased  capacity  for  the  true  work  of 
the  scliool  room. 

County  Superintendents  discovering  a  disposition  on  the 
part  of  certain  teachers  to  remain  content  with  any  certifi 
cate  they  may  be  fortunate  enough  to  obtain,  exhibiting  no 
desire  to  rise  higher  or  to  become  better  qualified  for  their 
important  work,  should  at  once  report  the  same  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  and  recommend  their  removal 
from  the  corps  of  teachers  in  the  county." — ^Hon.  A.  J. 
Russell,  Reg.  of  1S91. 


LIST  OF  FORMS 


UESCKIKKO   AND    USED    IN    Till 


Educational   Department. 


No.  1 — Notice  of  Election    as  Member  of  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction. 
2 — Oath    of  Office   of  Member   of  County    Board  of 

Public  Instruction. 
3 — Commission    ot  an    Elected   Member    of   County 

Board  of  Public  Instruction. 
4 — Commission   of  an   Appointed  Member  ot  County 

Board  of  Public  Instrnction. 
o — Acceptance  of  an  Appointed    Member  uf  Count}^ 

Board  of  Public  Instruction. 
6 — Removing  Member  of  County  lK>ard  of  Public  In- 
struction. 
7 — Recommendiug  School  Supervisor. 
S — Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 
9 — Acceptance  of  Appointment  as  School  Supervisor. 
10 — Notice  of  Election  of  School  Trustees. 
11 — Commission  of  School  Trustees. 
12 — Acceptance  ot  School  Trustees. 
13 — Endorsement  uf  Applicant  for   County   P^xamina- 

tion. 
14 — Application  for  Examination  for  State  Certificate. 
15 — Recomniendation -tor  Life  (X'rtificate. 
H) — Teacher's  Third  Grade  Certificate. 
17 — Teacher's  Second  Grade  Certiticate. 
18 — Teacher's  First  Grade  Certificate. 
19— Teacher's  State  Certiticate. 
20 — Teacher's  Life  Certificate. 
21 — Teacher's  Temporary  Certificate. 
i2 — Suspension  or  Revocation  of  Teacher's  Certificate. 
23 — Award  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction  on  Charges 

Against  Teacher  on  Appeal. 
24— Contract  with  Teacher. 


90  LIST  OK   FOKMS. 

25 — Teacker's  Monthly  Report. 

20— Teacher's  Final  Report. 

'21 — Notice  of  Suspension  of  Pupil  hy  Teacher. 

28 — Notice  for  Special  Meeting  of  Board. 

29 — Warrant  on  Treasurer  of  County  Board  of  Public- 
Instruction. 

(^0 — Notifying  County  Superintendent  of  Apportion- 
ment of  School  Fund. 

81 — Notifying  Comptroller  Who  is  Authorized  to  Re- 
ceive County  School  Fund. 

32— Requisition  on  Comptroller  for  School  Fund  Ap- 
portionment. 

33— Bond  of  Trustees. 

34 — Contract  for  Bwilding  School  House. 

35 — Deed  by  Husband  and  Wife  to  School  Property. 

36 — Itemized  Estimate  by  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. 

37 — Itemized  Estimate  by  Trustees. 

38 — Monthly  Financial  Statement  of  County  Board. 

39 — Annual  Eeport  of  County  Superintendent. 
(Omitted  in  this  Compilation.) 

40 — Teacher's  Daily  Register.     (Omitted). 


. County  Superintendents  must  order  thcfce  blanks- 

by  number,  slating  the  numbtr  of  each  blank  required. 


F^OR/WS. 


IIUCTIOX,  > 

190..       ) 


No.   1. 

Notice  of  Election  as   Member  of  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Notice  of  Election. 

Office  of 
State  Superintendent  of   Public  Inhtuu^ 
Tallahassee,  Fla., 

Sir- -You  have  been  elected  to  the  office  of 

Member  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

If  accepted,  yoa  will  subscribe  and  execute  the  oath  an- 
nexed to  the  Letter  of  Acceptance  herewith  transmitted.  The 
oath  may  be  taken  before  any  Judge,  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
Clerk  of  Court,  or  Notary  Public.  On  receipt  of  Oath  of 
Office,  your  commission  will  be  forwarded  to  you. 
Very  respectfully, 


Secretary  of  State  Board  of  Education  and  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 
To ,  Esq. 

^"  Every  school  officer  is  required,  before  entering  upon  the  du- 
ties of  his  office,  and  within  ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of  his 
appointment,  to  subscribe  to  an  acceptance  of  the  appointment  and 
to  pledge  that  he  will  faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  the  position, 
and  to  forward  the  same  with  his  post  office  address  to  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction. — Revised  Statutes.  Section  232. 


No.  -2. 


OatJi  (f  Office  of  Member  of  County  Board  of  PuMir   In- 
struction. 


OATH    OF    office. 


State  of  FloUida,      > 
County  of > 

I  do  solemnly  swear  that  I  will  support,  protoct  and  defend 
the  Constitution  and  government  of  the  United  States  and  of 


^'1  FORMS. 

the  State  of  Florida  against  all  enemies,  domestic  or  foreign, 
and  that  I  will  bear  true  faith,  loyalty  and  allegiance  to  the 
^arae,  and  that  I  am  entitled  to  hold  office  under  this  Consti- 
tution, that  I  will  well  and  faithfully  perform  all  the  duties  of 
the  office  of  Member  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  in 
and  for  the  above  named  county,  on  which  I  am  now  about  to 
enter.     So  help  me,  God. 


Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this ....  day  of ... .  190 


To ,  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion: 

I  accept  the  office  of  member  of  the    Board    of  Public  In- 
struction in  and  for  the  county  of The  above 

is  the  oath  of  office  taken  by  me. 

My  School  Board  District  is  No 

My  Postoffice  address  is 

Very  respectfully. 


No.  i). 

C'tymmUsloh    of  an    Elected   Member  of  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

Depahtmext  of  Public  Instruction,  ) 
State  of  Florida.  t 


Til  the  name  and  by   the  authority  of  the   State  of  Florida: 

Whereas, was  duly  elected  on  the 

dav  of  .......;....,  A.  D.  190.  ..to   be  the   member  of  the 


rORMS. 


m 


County  Board  of  Public    Instruction    in  and  for  the  county  of 

,  from  School    Board    District  No ,  for  the 

term  of  two  years  from  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January,  A,  D.  190.  .,  and  until  his  successor  be  elected 
;ind  qualified  according  to  Section  3,  Chap.  4328,  Laws  of 
t  lorida: 

Xow,  therefore,  T, ,  Superintendent 

of  Public  Instruction  for  the  State  of  Florida,  under  and  by 
virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  laws  of  the  State, 
and  by  Regulation  No.  4  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  do 

hereby  commission  said to  be  a  member  of  the 

County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of    county, 

for  the  District  and  term  aforesaid,  to  have,  hold  and  exercise 
the  said  office  and  all  the  powers  appertaining  thereto,  and'  to 
perform  the  duties  and  receive  the  privileges  and  emoluments' 
thereof,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  law. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  do  hereby  set  my  hand  and  affix  the 
seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  at  Talla- 

[seal]         hassee,  the  Capital,  this  the  ....  dav  of'.  .' 

A.  D.   190.. 


State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  4. 

<  'onri}nssio)i  nf  an  Appointed  Mernher  of  Cotmty  Board  of 

Public  rnstruction. 

Office  of 
Statk  Board  of  Edtcatiox  of  Florida, 
Tallahassee, ,  190  .  . 

Mr , 

,  Fla. 

Sir— Vou  are  hereby  appointed  by  the  State  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation of  Florida  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  county  of ,  to  fill  the  unex- 
pired term  of ,  member  from  school 

Board  District  No ,  of  county  aforesaid.   . 

If  accepted,  notice  of  same  must  be  returned  on  enclosed 
blank  within  ten  (10)  days  after  receipt  of  appointment  (Sec. 
9,  Par.  1st). 

^'ery  respectfully, 

[seal]  ,  Secretary. 


94  FOHM8. 

No.  5. 

Acceptance  of  an   Appointed  Member  of  Cotintt/   Board  of' 
Piiblh'  Instruction.,  County  of 

Statk  of  Flokida.       } 

,iyo..  i 

To , 

Secretary  State  Hoard  of  iJducation. 

Sju — I  have  the  honor  to  accept  the  appointment  by  the 
State    Board   of  Education   to  be  a  member  of  the  County 

Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of. 

from  School  Board  District  No.  ...  of  said  county,  and  here- 
by pledge  myself  to  perform  faithfully  and  impartially  the  du- 
ties of  the  office.     (Sec.  9,  Par.  Ist.) 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  6. 

Bemomng  Member  of  Comity  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

Office  of  ^ 

State  Board  of  Education  of  Flokida, 
Tallahassee, ,  1 90 .  . 

To 


Silt — For  [state  reason] you    are  hereby 

removed    from  the  County  Board  of   Public*  Instruction   for 
county. 

Very  respectfully, 


President  of  Board. 
. ,  Secretary. 


FORMS.  95 


No.  7. 
R^ro)})  mending   School  Supervisor. 


(P.  O.)  Fla., 
.  ...   190.. 


To      

Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction. 
Sir — Five  days'  notice  of  the  time,  place  and  purpos<»  of  the 
meeting  having  been  given  by  the  Supervisor,  the    patrons  of 

school  No ,  at met  and   organized  by 

the  election  of  the  undersigned  as  Chairman  and  Secretary. 
After  ballot  of  the  patrons  only,  it  was  found  that  a  majority 

favored  the  appointment  of  Mr.  or  Mrs , 

of (P.  O.),    as  Supervisor  of  said  school. 

We  Iiereby  endorse as  a  citizen  of  good 

moral  character,  temperate,  upright,  responsible,  possessing  a 
fair  education,  and  as  one  who  will  perform  the  duties  of  the 
office  impartially  and  faithfully. 


Chairman. 

Secretary. 


No.  8. 

Appointynent  of  School  Supervisor. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction 

County  of , 

Fla., 190 


:i 


To 


Sir,  or  Madam — Having  been  duly  recommended  and  en- 
dorsed as  a  suitable  person  to  act  as  Supervisor  of  school  No. 

....  J  situated  at ... . ,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board 

of  Public  Instruction  held  on  the  ....  day  of ,  190  .. , 

you  were  appointed  accordingly  {for  four  years.,  or  to  Jill  the 
unexpnred  term  of)^  or  during  the  faithful  performance  of  the 
duties  of  the  office. 

Blank  form  of  acceptance  herewith  enclosed  must  be  signed 
and  returned  within  ten  (10)  days,  or  the  appointment  will  be 
considered  rejected. 

Very  respectfully, 


Secretary  and  County  Superintendent. 


!^^  FORMS. 

No.  9. 

Acceptance  of  Appointment  ui<  School  Supereiaor. 

,Fla.,  I 

190..  i 

To , 

:Sec.  and  Co.  fSupt.  Pub.  I/if<t. 

Sir — I  hereby  accept  the  appointment  as  School  Supervisor 

for  School  No .... ,  situated  at ,  and  pledge 

myself  to  perform   all   the   duties   of  the   office   faithfully  and 
impartially. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  10. 

^  Notice  of  Electmi  of  School  TruHtee^. 

County  of ,  190 .  .  \ 

State  of  Flokida,  \ 

To , 

Co.  Supt.  and  S>ec.  Board  Fub.  Inst. 

Sir— Whereas,  At  an  election,  notice  of  which  having 
been  given  as  required  by  law  for  four  consecutive  weeks,, 
ordered  by  the  Count}'  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  and  held 

on  the day  of ,  A.  D.  190 .  . ,  to  determine 

whether  the  territory  fully  described  in  a  petition  presented  to 
said  Board  shall  be  a  special  tax  school  district,  and  for  the 
election  of  three  trustees  therefor,  and  to  determine  the  millage 
to  be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the  succeeding  two 
years,  a  majority  of  the  electors  resident  in  said  territory  and 
qualified  according  to  Section  7  of  Chapter  4678,  Laws 
of  Florida,  did  vote  to  create  such  special  tax  school  district 
and  the  district  is  established;  therefore,  we,  the  under- 
signed inspectors  of  said  election,  do  recommend  as  en- 
titled   to    receive    commissions    as    trustees   of    said    special 

tax     school     district    No ,    and     otherwise    known    as 

school   district,  the  three    persons  named 

below,  because  they  received  the  highest  number  of  votes  cast 
for  trustees  at  said  election. 


FORMS. 


Xamks. 

Posi 

•A)FV\'E. 

r . 

Sig!ie«l.^ 

Inspectors    of 
K  lection. 

" 

No.  11. 
Commission  of  School  IVustees. 
commission  of  trustee. 

Office  of  the  Board  of  Public  Insihi  ctiox,  ^ 
State  of  Florida,  County  of ,  ;- 


190. 


To 


,  Fla. 


Having  been  duly  elected,  on  the ....  day  of : , 

A.  D.  190 . .,  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  and 

for  special  tax  school  district  No.  .,  otherwise  known as 

School  District,  for  the  terra  of  two  years  and 

until  your  successor  is  elected  and  qualified  according  to 
Chapter  4678,  Lsws  of  Florida,  you  are  hereby  commissioned 
to  act  as  Trustee  for  said  special  tax  school  district  during  the 
faithful  and  valuable  performance  of  the  duties  which  the 
position  devolves  upon  you — not  to  exceed  two  j^ears,  except 
as  provided  herein. 

A  blank  form  of  acceptance  is  herewith  anclosed,  which 
please  till  out  and  return  within  ten  (10)  days,  or  the  position 
will  be  declared  vacant  and  tilled  by  appointment 

By  order  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst^ 


^8  FORMS. 

No.  12. 

Acceptance  of  School  Trustee. 

County   of ,  )  * 

....  (P.  O  )   ....100..  \ 

To , 

Sec.  and  Co.  JSupt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir— I  have  received  your  letter  of 

<inclo8ing  commission  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 
this  county  as  Trustee  of  special  tax  school  District  No.  .  .  . , 
called School  District. 

I  hereby  accept  this  position  and  pledge  myself  to  perform 
Its  duties  impartially  and  faithfully. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.   18. 
Endorsement  of  Applicant  ;for  County  Examination. 

,To ,  ,190..  [ 

Co.  Supt.  Pub,  Inst., 

County. 

SiK — This  is   to    certify  that  I   have   been    personally,  ac- 

•(^uainted  with  the   bearer, ,  for . .  years 

and  commend to  you  as  a  person  of  good  moral  charac- 

acter,  and  addicted  to  no  habits  that  could  unfit  or  disqualify 

for  the  position  of  teacher. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  14. 
Application  for  Examination  for  State  Certificate. 

Fla.,      I 

190..  \ 

l^o , 

State  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 

8iR — I  hereby  make  application  for  examination  for  State         jj 


^  KORM8.  D» 

C-ertiticate,    and    enclose    herewith    testimonials    as    to    my 
<'h'irac-tcT,  and  to  my  experience  and  success  as  a  teacher. 

Very  respectfully, 


Appluiaiit  must  tile  endorsement  from  the  school  authorities 
under  wljom  he  has  taught  for  the  last  twenty-four  months 
{eight  of  which  must  have  been  m  the  schools  of  Florida), 
and  said  endorsement  must  certify  to  applicant's  good  moral 
<iharacter  and  success  as  a  teacher. 


No.  15. 
Hecommendation  for  Life   Certificate. 

Fla.,      ) 

190..    ( 

To , 

State  Supt  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — We,  the  undersigned,  each  of  us  being  a  holder  of  a 
State  Certificate  granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
•Chapter  419'J,  Laws  of  Florida,  and  bein^  well  and  personally 

acquainted  with  the  work  and  character  of ,  and 

having  personally  observed methods  and  noted 

success  in    the  class   room,  both  in   the   matter  of  instruction 

and  discipline,  do  therefore  endorse as  a  person 

possessing  eminent  teaching  ability,  and  as  having  been  emi- 
nently successful  in  governing  and  conducting  a  school,  and  as 
having  taught  successfully  for  the  period  of  thirty  (30)  months 

in  a  High  School  in  this  State,  and  commend 

to  you  as  a  teacher  worthy  and  well  qualified  in  every  respect 
to  receive  a  Teacher's  Life  Certificate. 

Very  respectfully. 


100  FOKMS. 

« 

NO;     i  6. 

Teacher'' s  Third  Grade  (Jertifcate. 

Note. — The  different  grades  of  Certificates  are  lithographed  and 
issued  in  books  of  100  each,  with  stubs.  Stubs  in  all  cases  must  be 
filled  out  as  indicated. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No I  SEAL  OF  STATE.]  FoK  '1  YeaK.S. 

Teachek's    Certificate — Thihd   Gra]>e. 
To  the  Boai-d  of  Public  Instruction  of County: 

This  certifies  that having  presented 

the  requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character^  and  hav- 
ing been  legally  examied  and  found  to  possess  the  qualifica- 
tions for  a  Third  Grade  Teacher^  as  prescribed  in  Section  1, 
Chapter  4331,  an  act  to  amend  Chapter  4192,  an  act  to  pro- 
vide for  the  Uiiiforrn  Examination  of  Teachers^  is  hereby 
authorized  to  contract  with  j^our  honorable  Board,  to  teach  in 

the  public  schools  of  this county,  for  two 

years  from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  ....  day  of 190  . . 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst Co. 

Standing   on    examination,    scale    100:     Orthography..../ 
Heading  .  .  .  . ,  History  .  .  .  . ,  Arithmetic  .  .  . . ,  English  Gram- 
mar .  .  . . ,  Geogra{)hy  . .  . . ,  Composition  .  .  .  . ,  Physiology .  .  .  . , 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching  .  .  .  . ,  General  Average  .... 

N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certificate  who 
fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  60  per  cent.,  or  falls  in  any 
branch  below  40  per  cent. 

Form  of  Stub  to  Third  Grade  Certificate. 


No ....        Date  or  issue ,  190 .  .  To ... , 

Sex Race Age ....      Home  P.  O 

Certificate  expires 

Standing  on  examination. 

Scale  100. 

(Same  as  in  body  of  certificate). 


FORMS.  101 

No.  17:  ..^ 
7'('.ache?''s  ^Second  Grade   Certificate. 
STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No [seal  of  the  state.]  For  8  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Second  (trade. 

To  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction County: 

This  certifies  that.  . .  .• having  presented  the 

requisite  endorsement  of  (/ood  moral  character,  and  having 
been  legally  examined  and  found  to  possess  the  qualifications 
for  a  Second  Grade  Teacher,  as  prescribed  in  Section  2,  Chap- 
ter 4331,  an  act  to  amend  Chapter  4192,  an  act  to  provide  for 
Uriiform  Examination  of  Teachers,  is  hereby  authorized  to 
contract  with  your  honorable  Board  to   teach  in    the  public 

schools  of  this, county,  for  three  \'^ears  from 

this  date. 

Given  under  my  h.-iiid  this  the  ....  day  of 190. . 

Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst., Co. 

Standing  on  examination.  (Subjects  same  as  for  Third 
Grade).     Scale  100. 

N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certificate  wh<;> 
fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  75  per  cent.,  or  falls  in  any 
branch  below  50  per  cent. 

It  may  be  endorsed  by  any  County  Superintendent,  and  so 
endorsed  becomes  good  for  its  unexpired  term  in  such  county. 
{Vide  Section  8,  Chapter  ^Z^\). 

Form  of  Stub  for  Second   Grade  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  190 .  .      To 

Sex  ....  Race  ....  Age ....      Home  P.   O .  .  .  .      Has  taught . . 

months    ...  Last  Certificate  was Grade,  Issued  from .  . 

county,  Dated Standing  on  examination  (Same 

as  in  body  of  certificate).     Scale  100. 


No.  18. 

Teacher'' s  First  Grade  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No .  .  [seal  of  state.]  For  Four  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — First  Grade. 
To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  Greeting: 

Be  it  known  that having  presented   the  requi^te 


102  FORMS. 

•«ndorseaientof  good  moral  character^  and  having  parsed  satia- 

^'factoiy  examination  as  prescribed   in   Sec.  3,  Chap.  4331,  an 

-act  to  amend  Chapter  4192,  an  act  to  provide  for  the  Uniform. 

Exaniiriatioii  of  Teachers^  is  therefore  entitled  to  the  rank  of 

First  Grade  Teacher^  and  is  hereby  licensed  to  teach  in  the 

":Public  Schools  of county  for  the   term    of   four 

■years  from  date. 

Given  under  my  hand    this  the day  of ,  190  .  . 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst Co. 

Standing  on  examination,  scale  of  100.     Orthography  .  .  .  ., 

Beading  .  .  .  .,  U.  S.  History  .  .  .  .,  Geo^rraphy ,  English 

'Grammar  ..  .  . ,  Arithmetic  .  .  .  . ,  Composition  .  .  .  . ,  Physiol- 
'<^gy  .  .  .  . ,  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching  .  .  .  . ,  Civil  Gov- 
ernment .  .  .  .,  Algebra  .  .  .  .,  Physical  Geography  .  .  .  .,  Gen- 
eral Average. 

N.  B. — This  certificate  may  be  endorsed  upon  the  reverse 
«ide  by  any  County  Superintendent,  and  so  endorsed  becomes 
-good  for  its  unexpired  term  in  such  county.  Vide  Sec.  8, 
Chap.  4331. 

(The  following  will  be  contained  in  side  stub  to  this  certifi- 
-oate). 

No . . ,  Issued  .  .  .  . ,  190  .  . ,  To  .  .  .  . ,  Sex  ..  .  . ,  Race    .  .    ,  Age 

.  .  . . ,  Home  P.  O  .  .  .  . ,  No.  months  taught  .  .  .  . ,  Grade  of  last 

Oertificate  .  .  .  . ,  Where  issued, ,  Date  of   Same       . , 

Standing  on  examination. 

Scale  100. 

,(Same  as  in  body  of  certificate). 


No.  19. 
Teacher^s  State  Certificate. 

STATE  OP  FLORIDA. 

No. .  [seal  of  state.]  For  Five  Years. 

Teacher's   State   Certificate. 

Office  of  '  ^ 

sltpbrintendent  of  public  instruction,  ^ 
Tallahassee,  .  .  .  . ,  190  . .  ) 

'To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The   bearer has  presented  evidence  to 

:show  that has  taught  successfully  at  least  twenty- 


FORMS.  WS! 

four  months  (eight  or  more  of  which  in  schools  of  Florida)^ 
and  that is  a  person  of  good  moral  character,  pos- 
sessing ability  to  govern  and  aptness  to  teach,  and  has  passed 
satisfactory  examination  in  the  branches  prescribed  in  Sec.  4, 
Chap.  4381,  an  act  to  amend  Chapter  4192,  an  a(;t  to  provide 
for  the  Uniform  Examination  of  Teachers is  here- 
by licensed  to  teach  in  any  county  in  this  State,  and  exempt 
from  further  examination  for  five  years  from  date. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, this  the  ....  dav  of .  .  .  . ,  190 .  . 


State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Standing  on  Examination,  scale   of  100.     Geometry ,. 

Trigonometry  .  .  .  . ,  Physics .    .  . ,  Zoology  . . . . ,  Botany  .•....,. 

Latin ,  Rhetoric ,  English  Literature ,  Mentak 

Science  .  .  .  . ,  General  History .  .  .  . ,  Average  .... 

(The  following  is  the  side  stub  to  this  certificate). 

State  Certificate,  No ,  Date  of  issue 190 .. ,  To,. 

,  Sex .  .  .  . ,  Race .  . .  . ,  Age .  .  .  . ,  Home  P.  O 

Last  Certificate  was '.  .  .  Grade,  Issued  from 

county.  Dated ,  Standing  on  examination. 

(Same  as  in  body  of  Certificate. )s 


No.  -20. 

Teacher's  Life  Certificate. 

No .  .  STATE  OF  FLORIDA.  Peupe  j  u  aj„ 

Tkacher's  Life  [seal  of  state.]  Certificatk.. 

Alios  Docendo  Discimns. 

The  eminent  qualifications  of as  a  teacher  oi. 

youth,  having  been  shown  by ...  .  distinguished  success  in  the 
schools  of  this  State,  and  having  presented  the  requisite  en- 
dorsements and  testimonials  as  provided  by  Sec.  5,  Chap.  4331,.., 

Laws  of  Florida, is  therefore   awarded  this  Diplomaa. 

which  is  of  perpetual  validity,  and  forever  exempts 

from  further  examination  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  oi 
this  State. 

Given  under  my  hand  and   the  Seal  of  the  State  Board  oi 
Education,  at  the  city  of  Tallahassee,  this  the  .  . .  .day  of .  . 

190..  , 

State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst.. 
(Seal  State  Board  of  Education). 


104  FORMS. 

No.  21. 
Tea('her\'i  Temporary  Cerfifinatc. 

Office  of  ^ 

SUPERINTENDKNT  OF    Fl-BLIC  InSTRUCTIOX, COLXTY.   V 

190..       ) 

This  is  to  certify,  that having  placed  on 

tile  in  my  office  evidence  of  maintaining  a  good  moral  char- 
acter, having  furnished  satisfactory  reasons  for  having  failed 
to  attend  the  regular  examination,  having  fairly  made  the 
grade  on  each  branch  recorded  below  in  a  special  examination 
conducted  by  me,  and  having,  in  addition  thereto,  manifested 
considerable  knowledge  of  the  art  of  imparting  instruction 
and  managing  a  school,  is  therefore  granted  this  Teacher's 
Temporary  Certificate  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  teach  the 

public  school  No.     ,  at in  this  county,  only 

until  the  first  State  examination. 

STANDTNG    IN    THE    KXAMIXATION. 

Orthography Composition  ....  Theory  and  Practice  ... 

Reading U.  S.  History .  .  .  Algebra 

Arithmetic (Geography Civil  Government 

English  (Trammar.  .Physiology General  Average 


Co.  Su|)t.  Pub.  Inst. 

•  N,  1>. — County  Superintendents  of  Public  Instruction  will 
issue  this  certificate  to  no  applicant  who  fails  to  make  the 
minimum  and  average  grade  required  for  a  Third  Grade  Cer- 
tificate. 


No.  22. 

Suspensun  or   Revocation  of  Tea€her\'i  (^ertifirafe. 
*  *  ' 

Offkk  of  Board  of  PimLic  Instkuctiov,  ^ 

County 190..  ) 

To , 

,  Fla. 

Deak — It  is    my  unpleasant    duty  to  inform  you 

that  certain  charges  have  been  preferred  against  you,  on  appa- 
rently sufficient  grounds,  alleging  that  (state  the  charges 
plainly  and  briefly — see  Section  48,  Paragraph  loth,)  in  conse- 
quence of  which  your  certificate  to  teach  a  public  school  is 
hereby  declared  suspended   (or  revoked,  as  the  case  may  be,) 


FOIJMS.  105 

and  the  riii:ht  to  teach  a  public  school  in  this  State,  as  well  as 
the  privileges  conferred  by  said  certificate,  are  suspended  (or 
revoked,  as  the  case  may  require),  until  further  notice. 

The  case  will  be  presented  to  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, (or  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,,  if  the 
certificate  had  been  issued  by  hira;  also  state  the  time  and  place 
at  which  a  hearint>-  will  be  granted),  at  which  time  you  shall 
have  an  opportunity  to  make  a  full  and  fair  vindication  of  the 
■charges,  in  conformity  with  the  regulations  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Instruction. 

Very  respectfully, 

Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  2:-}. 


Award  of  Board  of  Public  Tristriictimi  on  (Jhanjea  .{(jainst 
a  Teacher  on  Appeal. 

OkKK  E   OF   BoAlM*   OK    VvWlAC    I  X  STKirCTlOX,  ) 

County  of ,  190.  .  J" 

To , 

Teacher. 

After   a    fair  and   careful   examination,  on    appeal,    of  the 

<-harges  preferre<l  against  you  by to-wit: 

(recite  the  charges  plainly  and    briefly),  it  appears 

to  this  Hoard  that ,  (state  the  conclusion  of  the 

Board)  you  are  hereby  honorably  acquitted   and  continued  in 

your  position  in (or  censured  and  discharged,  as 

the  case  may  be)  the  service  of  this  Board.      Your  salary  will 

be  continued  from  the  time  of  your  suspension   

<(or  will  not  be  continued,  in    case  the  suspension  is  confirmed 
•^jr  certificate  revoked). 


Chairman. 
Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


106  FORM  8. 

No.  24. 

Contract  with   Teaditr. 

Thip  contract,  b}^  and  between Teacher,  and 

the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of 

State 'of  Florida,  witnesseth: 

That  the  said agree  to  teach  the  Publitr 

School  No ....  at ,  or  such  other  public  school 

at  the  i^oard  may  elect,  commencing  on  the day  of 

,  190 . . ,  for  the  term  of months,  and! 

to  perform  well  and  faithfully  the  duties  of  teacher,  according 
to  the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  Regulations  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public   Instruction    of  Florida,    and  -the    Kules  and 

Regulations  of  the  Board  of  l*ublic  Instruction  of 

county. 

The  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 

county,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  services  being  so  ren- 
dered, agrees  to  pay  said the  sum  of 

dollars  per  school  month,  and  to  give  such  further  aid  as  the 
law  requires. 

Provided^  The  Board  may  raise  the  salary  or  lengthen  tlK- 
term  specified  in  this  contract,  or  if  the  average  attendance  on 

such  school  for  any  month  shall  fall  below^ per  cent. 

of  the  largest  enrollment  during  the  school  year,  or  if  said 
teacher  habitually  fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
contract,  then  the  Board  may  lessen  the  salary,  shorten  the 
time  specified  herein,  or  annul  tliis  contract  altogether. 

Sign-d, 

■.  Teacher. 


County  Supt.  and  Secy. 
1-y  o.der  ol  and  for  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


Witnc^8: 


N.  B. — The  original  jnuht  be  filed  in  the  ottice  of  the 
County  Superintendent,  who  may  give  any  teacher  a  duplicate- 
on  demand. 


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No.  -27. 
Notice  of  Suspension  of  Pupil  by  Teacfier. 

School   No  .  ..  . ,  \ 
,  190..       \ 


To , 

School  Supervisor. 

I  regret  to  be  compelled  to  inform  you  that  under  the  pro- 
vision of  the  school  law  (Section  73,  Par.  5th),   I  have  fonnd 

it  necessary,  for  the  good  of  the  school,  to  suspend 

(name  pupil)  from  attendance  at  school  for (not  ex- 
ceeding ten)  days.     The  cause  for  such  suspension  is 

Have  the  kindness  to  call  on  me  at  your  earliest  convenience, 
to  extend  such  aid  and  advice,  and  take  such  further  action  as 
you  may  judge  proper,  according  to  Section  75,  Par.  8d,  of 
the  law. 

A^ery  respectfully, 

,  Teacher, 

No TK. — The  teacher  must  also  give  immediate  notice  to  the 
parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil,  (Sec.  73,  Par.  5th.)  This 
may  be  done  by  modifying  the  above  form,  but  is  always  best 
done  in  person. 

At  the  interview,  the  teacher  should  carefully  avoid  finding 
needless  fault  with  the  child,  and  should  manifest  such  kindly 
spirit  toward  both  parent  and  child  as  should  satisfy  them  that 
the  suspension  was  not  prompted  by  any  malice,  but  only  for 
the  reformation  of  the  pupil  and  the  good  of  the  school. 

Indeed,  a  frank -interview  with  the  parent  or  guardian  in  ad- 
vance of  suspension  would  often  render  a  resort  to  such  a 
measure  unnecessary. 

In  all  cases  of  suspension,  the  teacher  must  report  the  mat- 
ter, with  the  facts,  both  to  the  Supervisor  and  parent.  The 
Supervisor  must  review  all  suspensions  and  report  the  same 
promptly  to  the  County  Superintendent,  (Sec.  75,  Par.  3d,> 
whose  action  on  the  matter  shall  be  final. 


FORMS.  Ill 

No.  2S. 

yoticefor  Special  Meeting  of  Board. 

Office  op 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  op , 

,190.. 

To , 

Member  County  Board  Public  Instruction. 

Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  request  your  attendance  at  a  spe- 
cial   meeting  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Insruotion,  to 

be  held  at ,  on  the  ....  day  of ,  at 

the  hour  ot (a.  m.  or  p.  m.),  for  the  purpose  of ...  . 

(state  the  object  of  the  meeting). 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst 


No.  29. 
Warrant  on   Treasurer  of  County  Board  of  Public  Ins  true 

ti07l. 


STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No.  .     To  the  Treasurer  of  ...  .  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Pay  to  the  order  of 

Dollars. 

[Seal  of  the  State.] 

From  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  County  School  Fund,  for 

services  as  teacher  in  School  No  ....  at Given  at 

,  Florida,  this  ....  day  of 190  .. , 

$ ^ 

Countersigned  by 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst.  Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


I'orm  of  Stub. 

School  Warrant.     No  ....,$....,  Issued ,  189 .. , 

To ,  Teacher  of  School  No ,  At 

Payable  out  of  County  School  Fund.     For  salary 

month.     Received  bv  me 


112  FOKMS.  . 

No.  30. 

Notifying     Co  tatty     Super  intendent    cf    Apportionment    of 
*  kSc/iooI  .F'unds. 

Educational  Depautment,  ) 
State  of  P\oiuda, 
Tallahassee, ,  1 90 .  .  .  ) 

Deak  Sir — The  amount  this  day  apportioned  your  county 
from  the  one  mill  tax  (or  interest  on  State  School  P'und)  is 
$..^ 

You  will  tind  the  papers   necessary  for  collection    enclosed, 

which  have  properly   signed  and  mailed  lo    Hon ^ 

Comptroller. 

Respectful  ly, 

State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 
Ii;^"  Preserve  this  for  your  own  information. 


No.  ai. 


Notifying  C oniptvi Ale r  who  is  Authorized  to  Rtctict  (  on/tty 
School  F'ands. 

Office  of  "] 

BoAKD  Public  Instrtction,  ! 

County  of  ... ,  j 

,190..  J 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahassee^  J'la. 

Sir — This  is  to  certify  that is  Treasurer  of 

.  county,  and  is  authorized  to  receive  the  sum 

apportioned  to  said  county  from  tlie  one  mill  tax   (or  interest 
on  State  School  Fund)  fof  the  year  190.  . 


5 

Chairman  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.  118 

No.  HI. 

Jief/uimfion   on.    the    (■otnptroller  for    Srhftol    F'and  Appor- 
tionment. 

OkFICE    UK 

Board  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,190.. 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallajtassee,  Fla. 
Sir — We  hereby  make  application  for  % ,  the  sum  ap- 
portioned to county  from  the   one  mill  tax  (or 

terest  on  State  School  Fund)  for  the  year  190 .  . 


Treasurer  of County. 

1 

Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  38. 

J^ond  of  School  2'rastt.ts. 
(  Vide  Sec  9,  Par.  2d,  this  Compilation;  /Sec.  7,  Chap.  4336.) 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents.  That  we,  A  B,  C  D,  and  E  F, 

Trustees  of  Special  Tax  School  District  No . .  .  county  of 

State  of  Florida,  as  principals,  and  G  H  and  J  K,  their  sure- 
ties, are  held  and  lirmly  bound  unto  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction of  said  county  in  the  sum  of  (insert  double  the 
amount  that  will  be  liable  to  fall  into  their  hands  at  any  time) 
for  the  payment  of  which  sum  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we 
firmly  bind  ourselves,  our  heirs,  executors  and  administrators, 
jointly  and  severally,  by  these  presents. 

The  condition  of  this  obligation  is  such,  that  if  the  said  A  B, 

C  D  and  E  F,  Trustees  of  Special  Fax  School  District  No , 

county  and  State  aforesaid,  shall  faithfully  appropriate  to  their 
proper  and  lawful  uses,  as  provided  in  Section  7,  Chapter 
4336,  laws  of  1895,  all  moneys  or  other  property  that  may 
come  into  their  hands  by  virtue  of  their  office,  and  render 
promptly  the  required  returns,  and  turn  over  to  their  succes- 
sors all  bonds,  records  and  effects,  then  this  obligation  shall  be 
void,  otherwise  of  full  force  and  virtue. 

A  B  (Seal.) 
C  D  (Seal.) 
E  F  (Seal.) 
G  II  (Seal.) 
J  K  (Seal.) 


114  FORMS. 

No.  U. 
Contract  for   IhiUding  School  Hoiitie. 

State  OF  Florida,) 
County,  f    This  contract  made  and  entered  into 


between  A  B  of  the  county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  and 

the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of .» 

State  of  Florida,  and  their  successors  in  office. 

Witnesseth:  That,  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar 
in  hand  paid  to  A  B,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowl- 
edged, and  of  the  further  sum  of ..  .  .  (insert  total  amount)  to 
be  paid  as  hereinafter  provided,  the  said  A  B  agrees  to  build  a 

(describe  the  building  here  merely  in  general  terms 

as  log,  frame,  brick,  etc.,)  and  furnish  the  material  therefor, 
according  to  the  plan  and  specifications  for  the  construction  of 
«aid  house,  hereunto  appended,  at (describe  the  local- 
ity) and  on  such  lot  as  the  Board  may  direct. 

The  said  house  is  to  be  built  of  the  best  material,  in  a  sub- 
jstantial,  workman-like  manner,  and  is  to  be  completed  and  de- 
livered to  the  said  Board,  or  their  successors  in  office,  free  from 

any  lien  for  work  done  or  material  furnished,  by  the    

4ay  of ,  190. .;  and,  in  case  the  house  is  not  fin- 
ished and  ready  for  delivery  by  the  time  herein  specified,  the 
«aid  A  B  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  said  Board,  or  to  their 
successors  in  office,  for  the  use  of  the  public  schools  of  the 

■county,  the  liquidated  sum  of (insert  the  forfeit  money), 

and  shall  also  be  liable  for  all  damages  that  may  result  to  said 
Board  in  consequence  of  such  failure. 

The  said  Board  hereby  agrees  for  themselves,  and  their  suc- 
cessors in  office,  to  pay  the  said  A  B  the  siJm  of dollars, 

when  the  said  house  is  finished  and  delivered  as  herein  stipu- 
lated; (or ....  dollars  when  the  foundation  of  the  house  is  "fin- 
ished; and  the  further  sum  of dollars  when  the  walls  are 

up  to  the  square  and  ready  for  the  roof;  the  remaining  sum  of 

dollars  when  the  said  house  is  completed)  as  per  plan 

and  specification  and  keys  are  delivered.  * 

It  is  further  agreed  that  this  contract  shall  not  be  sub-let, 
transferred  or  assigned,  without  the  mutual  consent  of  bolh 
parties. 


FORMS.  115 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals  this d.iv   of , 

A.  D.  190.. 


Contractor. 

1 

Chair.  Co.  I^oard  Pub.  Inst. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 
Witness; 


Note — Plans  and  specifications  should  be  attached  to  the 
contract. 

Boards  should  not  attempt  to  build  permanent  and.  expen- 
sive school  houses  without  getting  some  good  mechanic  or 
architect  to  draw  up  full  and  distinct  plans  and  specifications. 

Work  on  all  school  buildings  should  be  done  by  contract 
and  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  and  the  money  paid 
by  the  Board  directly  to  the  contractor  himself. 


No.  35. 
Deed  by  Husband  and  Wife  to  School  Property. 

Note — It  is  the  duty  of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion to  obtain  titles  in  fee  siynple  to  all  school  property.  (Sec. 
40,  par.  Ist.)  The  following  form  will  answer  in  either  case, 
whether  the  wife  owns  the  property,  or  only  signs  to  release 
dower. 


State  of  Fj.okida,  ^ 

County.      ^       Know  all  men   by  these  presents, 


That  we,  A  B  and  C  D,  his  wife,  of  the  county  of 

State  of  Florida,  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of dollars, 

to  us  in  hand  paid,  and  by  us  received,  do  hereby  bargain,  sell, 
grant  and  convey  unto  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the 

county  of ,  State   of  Florida,  and  to  their  successors 

in  office,  the  following  described  premises,  situated  in  the 
county  and  State  aforesaid,  to-wit:  (Describe  definitely  the 
premises  by  giving  starting  point,  metes  and  bounds),  together 
with  all  the  tenements,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances 
thereto  belonging  or  in  anywise  appertaining,  to  have  and  to 
hold  in  fee  simple  forever. 
8 


116  KORMS. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  A  B,  as  well  as  C  D,  his  wife, 
who  joins  in  this  conveyance  for  the  purpose  of  absolutely 
transferring  all  her  claims  to,  and  relinquishing  and  conveying 
all  her  estate  and  her  right  of  dower  in  the  above  described 
premises,  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  and  affixed  their  seals, 

this  ....  day  of ,  in  the  year   one  thousand  nine 

hundred  and 

A  B,  (Seal.) 
C  D,  (Seal.) 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered 

in  presence  of  us — 


State  of  Florida,") 

County.      \      I, a 

(Justice  of  the  Peace^  or  Notary  Public  as  the  case  may  be) 
in  and  for  the  State  and  county  aforesaid,  do  hereby  certify 

that  on  this day  of A.  D.  190. .  in  said 

county,  before  me  in  person  appeared  A  B  and  G  />,  his  wife, 
both  of  them  to  me  personally  known,  each  of  whom  did  duly 
and  severally  say  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  they  and 
each  of  them  did  execute,  sign,  seal  and  deliver  the  foregoing 
deed  of  conveyance  for  the  uses  and  purposes  therein  expressed. 

And  the  said  Mrs.  CD ,  upon  an  examination  had  and 

made  by  me  separately  and  apart  from  her  sai(i  husband,  did 
8ay  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  she  executed,  signed  and 
sealed  said  deed  for  the  purpose  of  absolutely  conveying,  re- 
leasing, relinquishing  and  renouncing  all  of  her  estate,  right, 
title  and  interest  in  and  to  the  land  in  said  deed  described, 
whether  the  same  be  dower  interest  or  estate,  or  an  independ- 
ent separate  estate  in  her  own  right,  and  that  she  did  the  same 
freely  and  voluntarily  and  without  any  compulsion,  constraint, 
apprehension  or  fear  of  or  from  her  said  husband. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto,  in  the  presence  of  the  said 
acknowledgers,  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  above 
written. 

A  B (sign  here). 

CD (sign  here). 

[SEAL.J  • 

(J.  P.  or  Notary  sign  here,  and  attach  private  or  official  seal)> 


FORMS.  tlT 

No.  36. 
Itemized  Estimate  by  Oouiity   Board  of  I^ublic  Instruction^ 


Office  op 
Board  of  Public  Instruction 
County,  June . . ,  190 


d 


{See Par.  18^A,  Sec.  40.) 


To  Hon ,  Chairman.,  and  Members  of  the  Boards 

of  County  Commissioners: 

Sir — The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  in  session  on 
this  day  found  the  following  funds  necessary  for  school  oper=- 

ations  in county  for  the  school  year  be«;inntng, 

July  1st,  A.  D.  190. .,  and  ending  June  30ih,  A.  D.  190. . 

For  payment  of  outstanding  warrants $ 

For  purchase  of  text-books,  charts,  etc 

For  construction  of  school- houses 

For  rent  of  school-houses , 

For  repair  of   school-houses , 

For  insurance  of  school-houses 

For  incidental  expenses  of  schools 

For  furniture  for  schools 

For  per  diem  and  mileage  of  School  Board 

For  incidental  expenses  of  Board  and  Co.  Supt 

For  salary  of  County  Superintendent  of  Schools 

For  salary  of  teachers  of  school  No.  1  for Mos 

For  salary  of  teachers  of  school  No.  2  for ....  Mos 

For  salary  of  teachers  of  school  No.  3  for.  .  . .  Mos 

(Complete  list  of  schools). 

Total $ 

A  levy  of mills  on  the  taxable  property  of  the  county 

will  be  necessary  to  give  the  amount  imperatively  needed,  and. 
we  hereby  request  you  to  levy  the  same, 

By  order  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


Chairman  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 
Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


ai8  FORMS. 

No.  87. 

Itemized  Estimate  of  School  Trustees. 

State  of  Florida,  ) 

'Special  SniooL  Tax  District  No  . .  .  County  of )- 

(P.  O.)  June...  .,  190.  ..       ^ 

To  Hon ,  Chairni.in,  and  Members  Board  County 

Commissioners. 

Sirs — In  compliance  with  Sec.  12,   Cliapter  4678,   Laws  of 
Florida,  the  School  Trustees  of  Special  Ta.x:  School  District  No. 

,known  as District,  hereby  submit  the 

following  itemized  estimate  of  school  funds  necessary  to  be 
levied  as  a  special  ta.\:  for  the  school  vear  beginning  July  1st, 
190...: 

No.  miles   {Name  the  IlAilroad)  R.  R.  track  in  said  district 
(Repeat  twice  the  above  line). 


No.  miles Telegraph  lines  in  said  district 

(Repeat  above  twice). 

Amount  necessary  for  new  buildings 

Amount  necessary  for  repairs 

Amount  necessary  for  rent  of  school  buildings 

Amoudt  necessary  for  insurance 

Amount  necessary  for  school  libraries 

Amount  necessary  for  text-books 

Amount  necessary  for  salaries  of  teachers 

Amount  necessary  for  incidental  expenses 

Amount  necessary  for  school  furniture 

Amount  necessary  for  other  school  purposes 


Total $ 


At  an  election  held  in  said  Special  Tax  School  District  on  the 

....  day  of ,  1 90 .  .  . ,  it  was  determined  by  a  majority  of 

those  voting  that  a  special  tax  of mills  should  be  assessed 

and  collected  annually  during  the  succeeding  two  years  for 
school  purposes,  on  the  property  of  the  Special  Tax  School  Dis- 
trict, bounded  as  follows:  Beginning  at  northeast  corner , 

then  run  west  along to ,  theuce  south  along 

- to ,  thence  east  along to 

,  thence  north  along to  starting  point. 


FORMS.  ll»fe. 

Your  honorable  bociy  is  hereby  requested  to  make  the  above- 
levy. 

Respectfully, 


Signed.  >  Trustees. 


([^^A  copy  of  the  above  must  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the- 
Board  of  County  Commissioners,  one  with  the  Comptroller  of. 
the  State,  and  one  with  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion.    See  Sec.  12,  Chapter  4678,  Laws  of  Florida. 


No.  38. 


Mofithly  Financial  Statement  of  County    Board  of  P.ablk*y 

Instruction 


State  of  Florida, 
County  of  . . . 


>A,  ^ 

,i9o''.  y 


To  Hon , 


Clerk  Circuit  Court. 


Sir — In  compliance  with  Section  2,  Chapter  4332,  Laws  e^ 
Florida,  we  hereby  file  with  j'ou  the  following  itemized  finan- 
cial statement  of  all  school  moneys  received,   appropriations 

made  and  warrants  issued  for  the  month  ending,  the 

day  of ,  A.  D.  199.. 

di^^In  publishing,  blank  items  may  be  omitted. 

— o — 

RECAPITULATION. 

Total  receipts  during  the  month I 

Total  expenditures  during  the  month $ 


Balance  in  treasury $ 

Deficit  in  funds I 


A2d 


FORMS. 


^1.90... 


ITEMIZED  RECEIPTS. 


Balance  in  Treasury  last  report 

From  Tax  Collector,  county  School  levy 


«  "      poll  tax 

«  "      poll  tax 

State  Treasurer,  redemption  of   lands .  . . 

"  "     one  mill  tax 

"  "     school  fund  interest 

County  Supt.,  tuition  non-resident  pupils 

"  ''     examination  fees 


Total  receipts 


*Here  state  amount  from  other  sources. 


ITEMIZED  EXPENDITURES. 


II 

To  Whom. 

For  What.                         Date. 

3 
O 

B 
< 

8* 

Jonn  Doe  .. 

Salary  as  Teacher 

(The  above  is  sample  of  entry 
This  space  may  be  extended  to 
suit  requirements. ) 

Oct.  2,    1895 

$40  00 

Travelinsr  expenses  Co.  Supt 

Per  diem  and  mileage  as  mem- 
ber of  Board     

Office  expenses  of  County  Su- 

r»Arint«nrlpnt  anrl   Ron.rH 

Sn'hnnl  lof.  at Nn 

Builrting  school  house  at 

No 

<.            ..            (. 

FORMS. 


121 


Repairs  oq  school  building  at 
No 


Rent  of  school  building  at. . 
No 


Insurance  of  school  building  at 
No 


Fuel  for  school  No at. 


Janitor  for  school  No  .  .at. 


Furniture  for  school  No. 
at 


Commission  of  Treasurer. 


County  school  debt 

Interest  on  indebtedness  . . 
Pupils  attending  school  in 
county  


Institutes  or  Summer  Schools. 
Service  on  Grading  Committee. 


Free  text  books. 


Total  expenditures. 


•Here  state  amounts  for  other  purposes. 


APPROPRIATIONS. 

For  School  No.  1,  salary  of  teacher  for Mos. . . 

For  School  No.  ti,  salary  of  teacher  for Mos .  .  . 


122 


FORMS. 


( Complete  List). 


For  salary  of  County  Superintendent  per  annum . 
For  traveling  expenses  of  County  Superintendent 

For  per  diem  and  mileage  County  Board 

For  school  lot  at 


For  building  school  house  at 
For  repairs  on   school  at.  .  .  . 


For  furniture  for  school  at 


For  fuel  for  school  at 


For 


insurance  of  school  house  at 


For  janitor  for  school  at 


For  county  school  indebtedness 

For  interest  on  indebtedness 

For  pupils  attending  schools  in  other  counties 

For  commissions  of  Treasurer 

For  office  expenses  of  County  Superintendent  and  Board 

For  Institutes  or  Summer  Schools , 

For  expenses  of  examinations.  .  .  .  , 

For  free  text-books , 


Total  aporopriations 


♦Other  purposes,  state  what. 


FOHMS.  12:i 

i^Kudoraarntnl  J\n'  iMirk  {>}'  this  h\n'm.) 
FINANCIAL  STATEMKN  r. 

BOARD  OF    PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 

OF 

County. 


For  month  ending day  of 190 


Filed  with  Clrrk  of  Circuit  Court,  the day  of 

.190.. 


We  certify  that  the  within  statement  is  true  and  correct  in 
every  particular. 


Chairman  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 
Attest: 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


IHDEX. 


-A. 

Far       Sec.  Pge. 
ACCOUNTS - 

Audited  and  paid  by  County  B  )ard3  7  40    17 

ACTS  OF  LEGISLATURE— 

Providing  for  Uniform  Examination  of  Teach- 
ers (1893) 47 

Amending  the  above  (1895) 56 

Election  of  County  School  Boards  (1893) 51 

Amending  the  above  (1895) 66 

School  Sub- Districts  and  Special  Tax  (1893). .  53 

Amending  the  above  (1895) 64 

School  Sub-Districts  and  SpeciaNTax  (1895). .  63 
School  Districts  and  District  School  Taxes 

(1899) 70 

Defining  school  day,  month,  etc.  (1893) 54 

Prescribing  limits  of  school  year,  etc.  (1893). .  54 
School  Boards  and  Treasurers   to  publish  re- 
ports (1895) 5J* 

Monroe  County  Board,  special  duty  (1895)  ...          '  60 
Establishing  South  Florida  Military  and  Edu- 
cational Institute  (1895)  ...    61 

Amending  the  above  (1897)  .68 

Prohibiting  race  co-education  (1895) 62 

Institute  for  Blind  and  Deaf,  amending  (1895)  65 

Providing  for  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  (1897)  67 
Fixing  per  diem  and  mileage  of  School  Boards 

(1897) 68 

School   Census   by   County     Superintendent 

(1899) 75 

County  Uniformity  of  Text- Books  (1899) 76 

Providing   for   Teachers'    Summer    Schools 

(1899) 77 

School  Boards  may  contract  debts  and  borrow 

money 78 

Poll  taxes,  collecting  and  reporting  (1899) 79 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 44 


126  INDEX. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 
A PP A RAT US- 


County  Board  to  provide 5 

County  Superintendent  to  look  after 2 

Penalty  for  defacing 

APPEALS— 

State  Superintendent  to  decide  upon  or  refer.  6 

fctate  Board  to  entertain  and  decide 3 

State  Board  to  prescribe  manner  of  making. .  3 

County  Superintendent  to  notify  of  right  of.  18 

APPENDIX 

APPLICANTS— 

For  examination,  requirements  of 

For  Third  Grade  Certificates,  requiremrnts  for 
For  Second  Grade  Certificates,  requirements 

for ' 

For  First  Grade  Certificates,  requirements  for 

For  State  Certificates,  requirements  for 

For  State  Certificates,  must  file  certain  evi- 
dence   33    89 

For  Life  Certificates  66    17 

For  Temporary  Certificates,    to    furnish  satis- 
factory excuse,  etc  49    24 

APPOINTEES— 

To  notify  of  acceptance  and  make  pledge 1  9    10 

APPORTIONMENT— 

Of  One  Mill  Tax,  when  made 

Of  Interest  on  State  School  Fund 

By  whom  made,  and  the  basis 4 

Basis  changed ..      f 

When  made  on  discretionary  basis         o 

APPROPRIATIONS— 

To  South  Florida  Military  Institute  (I895j 

To  same  (1897) 

To  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  (1897) 

To  same  (1899) 

ARBITRATIONS— 

What  matters  settled  by   

Powers  of  Hrbitrntors 

Who  to  prescribe  manner  of  conducting 3 


6 

6 

7 

6 

33 

14 

7 

55 

33 

14 

4 

61 

23 

13 

1 

67 

1 

77 

13 

10 

13 

10 

15 

11 

Sec.Pge. 

14 

83 

1)5 

34 

104 

37 

10.-5 

37 

lOl) 

3S 

33 

14 

40 

17 

48 

22 

08 

85 

118 

41 

15 

83 

18 

84 

26 

85 

IXDKX.  1*27 

Far. 

ARBOR  UAY 

ASSESSORS  OF  TAXES— 

To  assess  school  district  tax 

School  district  tax,  how  to  carry  out. 

County  school  tax,  how  to  carry  out 

To  issue  warrants 

ATTENDANTCE  OF  PUPILS— 

Average  attendance,  basis  of  appartionnient.       4 

Largest  attendance,  what  do  to  secure 5 

County  Superintendent  to  look  after  2 

On  special  tax  schools,  when  by  outsiders. . . . 

F»-om  another  county,  when 

Tuition  for,  when  may  be  required 

To  be  restricted  to  own  district.  .• 

For  holidays,  how  reported 

B. 

BLANKS- 

Printing  and  distribution  of 1            33  14 

Use  of  by  County  Superintendent 4            48  22 

Use  of  by  school  ofncers  and  teachers 3  81 

Forms  of  (See  list  on  pp.  89-90)  91  -122 

Reports  of  Co.  Supts.  to  conform  to 11  85 

Applications  for  Life  Certificates  to  conform 

to 34  86 

BOARD  OF  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS- 

See  County  Commissioners. 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

See  State  Board  of  Education. 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS— 

Of  Institute  for  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb 24  13 

General  Duties  of 26  13 

Shall  provide  inmates  transportation 28  13 

Shall  provide  necessary  clothing,  etc 29  13 

Shall  provide  for  education  of  inmates 30  14 

Shall  report  to  the  Legislature ,     ...  31  14 

See  Institute  for  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb. 


128  INDEX. 

Par.       Sec.  Pge, 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION- 

Shall  consist  of  three  members 

Elected  every  two  years 

One  from  each  School  Board  District 

Elected  by  county  at  large 

By  whom  commissioned 

When  term  of  office  shall  begin 

Vacancies  in,  how  filled 

To  be  a  body  corporate,  powers  defined 

Procedure  of  organization 

Titles  to  school  prop^^rty  shall  be  vested  in 

Compensation  of  members 

From  what  fund  paid 

To  hold  regular  meetings 17 

To  meet  at  least  monthly 

To  convene  in  special  session,  when 17 

County  Superintendent  to  be  Secretary  of 

To  fix  compensation  of  County  Superintend- 
ent      15 

County  Treasurer  to  be  Treasurer  of 

Duties  of 

To  disburse  school  funds  solely  for  public  free 

schools , 

To  hold  and  dispose  of  school  property 1 

To  locate  and  maintain  schools 2 

To  appoint  Supervisors 3 

To  select  and  provide  school  sites 4 

General  discretionary  duties  and  powers 5 

To  establish  high  schools 5 

To  employ,  contract  with  and  pay  teachers. .  6 
To  locate  schools  not  nearer  than  three  miles.       6 

To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due 7 

To  keep  record  of  official  acts 8 

To  make  certain  reports  8 

To  file  itemized  annual  financial  statement, ,.  9 
Statement  to  be  certified,  published  or  posted  9 
To  file  itemized  monthly  financial  statement.  10 
Statement  to  be  certified,  published  or  posted    10 

To  adopt  county  uniform  system  of  books 11 

To  consult  witb  certain  ones  in  selection  of 

books 12 

Prior  adoptions  pot  to  be  impaired  13 

To  prescribe  course  of  study  and  grade  schools  14 
To  require  physiology  taught  in  every  school.     14 


43 

21 

43 

21 

44 

21 

44 

21 

4 

82 

43 

21 

45 

21 

34 

15 

35 

15 

36 

16 

37 

16 

15 

7 

40 

19 

5 

82 

40 

19 

38 

16 

40 

19 

39 

16 

40 

16 

9 

6 

40 

16 

40 

16 

40 

16 

40 

16 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18  • 

INDEX.  12^ 

Par.      Sec.  Pge^ 

To  exercise  plenary  powers 16 

To  prepare  and  file  itemized  estimates 18 

To  select  students  for  certain  echools 19 

To  appoint  Grading  Committees 20 

See  also 

To  pay  members  of  Grading  Committees 

To  fix  hours  of  a  school  day 21 

To  form  School  Board  Districts,  etc 23 

To  have  school  census  taken,  when 24 

To  look  after  collection  of  poll  taxes 25 

Not  contract  with  a  member,  except 

To  determine  the  date  for  opening  schools. ... 

To  order  Special  Tax  School  District  elections    22 

When  to  order  dibtrict  elections 

May  change  boundaries  of,  prescribed  In  peti- 
tion  

To  publish  notice  of  such  elections 

To  appoint  Inspectors  and  Clerks 

To  pay  cost  of  such  elections 

To  canvass  the  vote  and  declare  the  result . . . 

To  hold  bi-ennial  district  elections,  for  what.. 

To  remove  Trustees,  for  what  and  how  

To  fill  vacancies  in  Boards  of  Trustees. . . 

To  control  Special  Tax  Schools,  except 

The  right  to  reject  teachers  and  fill 

To  fix  salaries  of  teachers  and  length  of  school 
term 

To  examine  books  of  Tax  Collector  ...   

Authorized  to  contract  debts,  conditions  .... 

Authorized  to  barrow  money,  conditions 

Prohibited  from  pecuniary  interest  in  the 
adoption  or  sale  of  school  books 

Penalty  for 

Penalty  with  regard  to  financial  statements.. 

To  select  students  for  Agricultural  College. .. 

Force  and  effect  of  Rules  and  Regulations  of.. 

To  use  blanks  prescribed  by  State 

To  issue  teachers'  warrants,  when 

To  contract  with  teachers,  when 

To  select  and  contract  with  teachers 

Duty  not  to  be  delegated  to  others 

To  assign  ttachers,  when  —  . . 

Caution  in  employing  teachers • 

To  prescribe  course  of  study 


40 

19 

40 

19 

40 

19 

40 

19 

54-55 

25 

57 

26 

40 

19 

40 

20 

40 

20 

40 

20 

41 

20 

79 

80 

40 

20 

84 

30 

85 

31 

.  86 

31 

86 

31 

87 

32 

89 

32 

90 

82 

93 

38 

93 

83 

93 

83 

93 

83 

95 

34 

103 

3^ 

118 

41 

117 

41 

126 

43 

128 

43 

129 

43 

133 

44 

2 

81 

Z 

81. 

6 

83 

7 

82 

9 

82 

8 

82 

9 

83 

10 

88 

11 

88 

Sec.  Pge. 

12 

83 

18 

88 

15 

88 

16 

84 

17 

84 

17 

84 

17 

84 

18 

84 

130  TNltEX/ 

Par, 

To  print  Rules  and  ReK'ulations,  etc 

Recommendation  as  to  Christmas  holidays. ... 

May  require  tuition  fees  for  non-resident  pu- 
pils   

To  combine  schools,  -uhen 

To  sub-divide  counties  into  school  districts.  . 

To  keep  record  of  school  districts 

To  furnish  Supervisors  \^ith  district  bounds.  .. 

To  restrict  pupils  to  their  own  school 

Contract  with  teacher  not  to  exceed  life  of 
Certificate 19    84 

BOND  OR  BONDS— 

"When  required,  by  whom  fixed  and  approved      3 

Liability  for  loss,  when  officer  not  under 8 

Of  S(  hool  Trustees,  Form  of 

Kinds,  school  funds  may  be  invested  in 

BUILDINGS,  SCHOOL— 

Unlawful  to  teach  whites  and  negroes   in  the 

same 

Penalty  for  violation 

Under  charge  of  State  Superintendenc 

County  Board  to  provide  and  care  for 5 

Not  to  be  closer  than  three  miles 6 

County  Supt.  to  examine  condition  of 2 

County  Supt.  to  look  after  construction  of . . .     10 

Teachers  to  see  not  defaced,  etc  3 

Teachers  to  control  in  vicinity  of 4 

Supervisor  to  overlook  construction  of,  etc. . .       2 

Trustees  may  provide  or  repair 

Debts  may  be  contracted  for 

Money  may  be  borrowed  for 

Penalty  for  insulting  teacher  in 

Penal tj'^  for  introducing  obscene  prints  into. . 

Penalty  for  defacing  witli  obscene  thing 

Penalty  for  marring  or  destroying 

Contract  for  building,  Form   of 

o. 

CENSUS,  SCHOOL- 

County  Supt.  to  take 16  48  23 

Penalty  for  failure  to  take  16  48  23 

Assistants  to  make  oath  16  48  23 

School  Board  to  take,  when 24  40  20 


9 

10 

9 

10 

113 

16 

11 

11 

10 

12 

10 

32 

14 

40 

17 

40 

17 

48 

22 

48 

22 

73 

28 

73 

28 

75 

29 

97 

35 

116 

41 

117 

41 

121 

42 

123 

42 

124 

42 

125 

43 

114 

INDVX.  131 

Piir.      Sec.  Pge. 

CERTIFICATES,  TEACHERS'— 

No  person  can  teach  who  does  not  hold  one.. 

Must  be  obtained  in  this  State 

Five  grades  of 

Issued  on  examination,  mode  of 

(See  Examination). 

Applicant  for,  must  file   endorsement 

Form  of  endorsement,  No.  18 

Third  Grade,  requirements  for 

Form  of.  No.  16 

Second  Grade,  requirements  for 

Form  of,  No.  17 

First  Grade,  requirement>s  for 

Formof,  No.  18 

State,  requirements  for 

Form  of,  No.  19 

(See  State  Certificate). 

Life,  requirements  for 

Form  of.  No.  20 

(See  Life  Certificate). 

Third  Grade  good  only  in  county  issued 

First  and  Second  Grades   transferable 

By  whom  issued 11 

See  also 

See  also 10 

Terms  of  Certificate 

See  al30  forms  19  and  20 

By  whom  revoked  or  suspended 18 

For  what  may  be  revoked 

Form  of  revocation ,  No.  22  

Temporary  Certificates,   who  may  issue 

Term  of 

Form  of,  No.  21 

State  Normal  College  diplomas,  benefits  of 

Proviso  as  to  the  benefits 

Trustees  to  nominate  only  holders  of     

Penalty  for  violating  law  in  issuing  of 

County  Boards  to  contract  only  with  holders 

of 7    82 

State  and  county  holders  of,  to  be  selected 

first  In  assignment  of  teachers 9    83 

9 


58 

26 

58 

26 

59 

26 

60 

26 

61 

26 

98 

(5  3 

2<' 

100 

68 

27 

101 

64 

27 

101 

65 

27 

103 

66 

27 

108 

67 

27 

68 

27 

48 

22 

55 

25 

88 

15 

69 

27 

108 

48 

28 

72 

28 

104 

49 

24 

49 

24 

104 

71 

28 

71 

28 

98 

38 

128 

48 

ec.  Pge. 

31 

86^ 

35 

86 

35 

86 

107 

.35- 

9 

10 

35 

15 

40 

17 

40 

17 

114 

40 

42 

20^ 

42 

20 

95 

34 

107 

39 

107 

3^ 

132  INDEX. 

Par. 

Certificate  to  be  exhibited 

Teachers  should  seek  the  highest  grade  of 

Teachers    content   with  any  certificate  they 
may  obtain  should  be  dropped 

CIRCUIT  COUEfT  JUDGES-Dutiks  of 

CLERK  CIRCUIT  COURT- 

Bond  of  school  oflBcers  to  be  filed  with 2 

To  record  organization  of  School  Board 

Annual  financial  statement  to  be  filed  with. .  .  9 
Monthly  financial  statement  to  be  filed  with..  10 
To  keep  above  statements  open  to  inspection. 
School  Board  Districts,  creation  of,  filed  with 
Change  in  boundaries  of,  certified  in  office  of. 
Itemized  estimate  of  Trustees  to  be  filed  with 
To  publish  assessments  and  collection  of  taxes 
Penalty  for  failure  to  publish 

COMMON  SCHOOL  FUND— 
See  State  School  Fund. 

COMPTROLLER,  STATE- 

Itemized  estimate  of  Trustees  to  be  filed  with  95    34 

To  assess  and  collect  certain  taxes 95    34 

To  remit  to  County  Treasurers 95    34 

No  Collector  to  buy,  etc.,  warrants  of 110    3^ 

CONSTITUTION,  STATE— 

Article  XII,  on  Education 5 

Article  IV,  Extract  from  7 

contract- 
To  be  made  with  teachers 6 

Form  of,  No.  24 

For  school  buildings,  to  be  looked  after    by 

County  Superintendent 10 

Form  of.  for  building  school  house,  No.  34.  . . 

Not  to  be  made  with  teacher,  when 

County  Board  required  to  make 

Not  to  exceed  life  of  teacher's  certificate 

Primary  duty  of  teachers  to  enter  into  a 

CONVENTION  OF  SCHOOL  OFFICERS— 

For  what  and  by  whom  may  be  called 2  33    14 


40 

17 

106 

48 

22 

114 

7 

82 

8 

82 

19 

84 

31 

86 

INDEX.  133 

Par      .Sec.  Pge. 

COUNTY  BOARD- 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction 

COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS— 

Duties  of,  to  Institute  for   Blind,  Daaf  and 

Dumb 27     IS 

To  supply  transportation  to  one  entering. ....  28    13 

To  Special  Tax  School  Districts 95    34 

To  poll  taxes 100    36 

See  also 102    36 

To  levy  county  school  tax 108    39 

To  provide  book  to  record  warrants 115    40 

To  contract  debts  for  school  houses,  vrhen 116    41 

To  borrow  money  for  school  houses,  when. . .  117    41 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  BOARD— 

See  Board  op  Public  Instruction. 
COUNTY  SCHOOL  FUND- 

See  Funds. 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

An  officer  of  the  Department 2      9 

Requirements  for  eligibility 1    81 

Shall  conform  to  regulations 3      9 

Secretary  of  County  Board : 38    16 

Compensation  of 15           40    19 

Duties  of,  to  require  monthly   reports  of  Su- 
pervisors   3           40    16 

To  attest  annual  financial  statements 9            40     17 

To  attest  monthly  financial  statements 10            40    17 

To  see  text  books  adopted  are  used 12           40    18 

To  look  after  locating  schools 1            48    21 

To  visit  and  examine  condition  of  each  school  2            48    22 

To  give  advice .2           48    22 

To  awaken  interest  in  education 3           48    22 

To  confer  with  Supervisors,  etc 4           48    22 

To  keep  them  supplied  with  laws,  blanks,  etc.  4           48    22 

To  select  fit  persons  for  Supervisors 5           48    22 

Seealso 29    86 

To  keep  complete  record  of  each  school 6           48    22 

To  report  to  State  Supt.  names,  etc 7           48    22. 

To  decide  disputes  and  refer  his  decisions  . .  8            48    22 

To  look  after  school  building*  and  funds 10            48    22 


134  INDEX. 


Par 


To  conduct  examinations  and  issue  certificates     1 1 

See  also  sections  53  and  55 

To  hold  special   examinations   and  issue  tem- 
porary   certificates,  proviso  regarding Vi 

See  also  Sec.  49 

To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates 18 

To  file  examination  papers,  when  to  publish. .     14 

See  also 

To  forward  monthly   certified   list  of  persons 
who  have  paid  poll  taxes lo 

See  also 

To  take  school  census 16 

Not  to  purchase  land  without  authority — Note 

To  give  notice  of  Teachers'  examinations. . . 

To  appoint  assistant  exymmers,  when 

To  require  applicants  to  file  endorsement  .... 

What  candidates  for  certificates  may  examine 

How  proceed  with  examination  quuestions. .  . 

Mode  of  conducting  examinations 

Duties  with  Grading  Committee  

May  endorse  certain  teachers'  certificates  . .  . 

May  issue  certain  certificates  upon  diplomas.  . 

May  revoke  endorsed   certificates 

To  review  reports  relating  to   expelled  or  sus- 
pended pupils ;} 

To  have  same  control  of  special  tax  schools  as 
of  others 

Monthly  reports  of  Treasurer  to  be  filed  with. 

Duties  pertaining  to  County  line  pupils 

Not  to  be  interested  in  the  eale  or  adoption  of 
school  books 

Penalty  for  (see  also  Sec.  127) 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws 

Penalty  relating  to  financial  statements 

To  report  tuition  fees  to  County  Board 

When  authorized  to  appoint  teachers 

To  instruct  teachers  in  reporting  holidays. . . . 

May  suspend  or  close  a  school  

To  be  satisfied  teacher  has  legal  certificate  be- 
fore contracting 31     86 

To  recommend  removal  of  teachers  from  the 
corps,  when 35    87 

To  make  annual  report  to  State  Supt. ,  when . .  21     84- 

For  what  removable ^ 5      9 


Sec.  Pge. 

48 

22 

25 

48 

23 

24 

48 

23 

48* 

23 

56 

26 

48 

23 

103 

37 

48 

23 

23 

22 

85 

23 

85 

24 

85 

52 

24 

52 

24 

53 

25 

53 

25 

68 

27 

71 

28 

72 

28 

93 

33 

113 

40 

118 

41 

126 

43 

126 

43 

128 

43 

139 

43 

15 

83 

25 

85 

26 

85 

28 

85 

INDEX.  135 

Par.      Sec.  Pigs 


COURSE  OF  STUDY— 


40 

18 

40 

18 

12 

83 

2 

9 

3 

9 

4 

9 

5 

9 

5 

11 

To  be  prescribed  by  County  Board 14 

To  embrace  physiology  as  to  alcoholics,  etc. .     14 
Its  publication  recommended 

3D. 

Eay— See  School  Day. 

DEBT— 

Trustees  shall  create  none , 97    85 

May  be  contracted,  when  and  hove 116    41 

Money  borrowed  to  discharge,  when  and  how  117    41 

DEEDS- 

To  school  property,  Form  of,  No.  35 115 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Officfrsof * 

Shall  conform  to  regulations  of 

Tenure  of  office 

For  what  removable 

By  whom  removed 4 

State  Supt.  to  prescribe  regulations  for 7  33    15 

DISPUTES,  OR  DIFFERENCES- 

May  be  submitted  to  arbitrators 

To  be  entertained  by  State  Board,  when 3 

To  be  decided  by  State  Supt.  or  referred ..  6 

County  Supt.  to  decide  and    refer 8 

DISTRICT— 

School  districts,  constitution  for 

Town  or  city  may  constitute 

School  districts  defined  (see  also  Sec.  83) 

Special  tax  school  districts,  defined \ . . . 

See  Special  Tax  School  District. 

School  Board  Districts,  how  formed 42    20 

See  School  Board  District. 

Permanent  and  convenient  school  distric  s. . .  17    84 

Pupils  restricted  to  own  school  district 18     84 

DISTRICT.  SCHOOL  TAX— 

Constitution  for 10      6 


13 

10 

15 

11 

33 

14 

48 

22 

10 

6 

11 

6 

8 

19 

8 

10 

11 

6 

84 

30 

90 

33 

99 

38 

104 

37 

105 

37 

136  INDEX. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

Where  and  for  what  may  be  expended 

Procedure  required  to  .levy 

Elections  biennial  to  fix]|millage  of 

Commissions  for  collecting  to  be  audited  by 

Trustees 

Assessor  to  carry  out  in  separate  column 

Trustees  to  notify  Assessor^of  millage  to  levy. 

EDUCATION,  HIGHER— 

State  Board  of  Education'to^  foster 5  15     11 

ELECTION— 

Of  Boards  of  Public  Instruction 

See  also ? 

To  create  special  taxschool  districts 

Of  Trustees,  and  for  fixing^millage,  etc 

Notice  of  district  elections  to  be  published 

Qualifications  of  voters  in 

Majority  of  the  votes  cast  to  determine 

Conducted  as  general   elections,  except. ..... 

List  of  qualified  voters  to  be  furnished  by  Su- 
pervisor of  Registration 

Vote  canvassed  by  County  Board   

Biennial  elections  for  Trustees  and  millage.... 
Ballot^  form  of 

ESTIMATE,  ITEMIZED— See  Itemized  Estimate. 

EXAMINATIONS,  TEACHERS'— 

Notice  of,  to  be  given 

Held  in  June  and  September  yearly 

One  must  be  held  at  County  Site 

Others  may  be  ordered  by  State  Supt 

Questions  prepared  by  State  Supt 

Sent  underseal 

For  County  Certificates,  conducted  by  County 

Supt 

For  State  Certificates,  by  State  Supt 

Prerequisite  for,  (see  also  Sec.  61) 

When  County  Supt.  may  appoint  assistants. . . 
Examinees  must  file  character  endorsement. . 

Must  pay  a  fee  of  $1 

Fees,  how  applied 57    26 


43 

21 

44 

21 

84 

30 

84 

30 

86 

31 

87 

32 

87 

32 

88 

32 

88 

32 

89 

32 

90 

32 

91 

32 

22 

85 

49 

24 

50 

24 

51 

24 

52 

24 

52 

24 

52 

24 

65 

72 

38 

86 

23 

85 

61 

26 

61 

26 

INDKX. 


137 


Par. 

Mode  of  conducting  examinations 

Penalty  for  cheating  in 

Procedure  when  doubtful  of  meaning  of  ques- 
tion  

Papers  to  be  preserved  by  County  Supt 

Privilege  of  dissatisfied  examinee 

County  Supt.  may  hold  special,  when 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws  

EXAMINATIONS,  SCHOOL— 

When  teacher  must  hold 6 

FENCES,   SCHOOL- 

County  Board  to  provide  and  repair 5 

Teachers  to  protect  from  injury 3 

Penalty  for  putting  obscene  things  on 

Penalty  forjinjuring  or  destroying 

I^ORMAL  SCHOOL  AND  BUSINESS  SUBSTITUTE— 

A  free  pupil  for  each  Senatorial  District 

FORFEITURES— 

When  by  a  county 

When  by  a  school .- 

FORMS— (See  List  of,  Pages  89-90) 

funds- 
No  law  shall  be  enactfd  authorizing  appropri- 
ation to  other  than  school  purposes 

Shall  not  be  issued  for  any  sectarian  school . . 
All  resident  youth  shall  have  free  instruction, 

as  far  as  the  funds  will'admit 

Every  oflScer  in  charge  of,  to  give  bond 3 

To  turn  over  to  his  successor 

Arising  from  examination  fees,  disposition  of 

Rate  levied  to  be  recorded 

Treasurer's  receipts  to  State  amount  of  each 

fund 

Each  fund  to  be  given  ^credit  in  publishing 

taxes  charged  to  Collector 

Monthly  collections  shall  give  each  fund 

Final,;  settlement    with    Collector    to    show 

amount  of  each  fund  uncollected  

To  whom  different  funds  are  to  be  paid 


Sec.  Pgc 


53 

25 

52 

24 

52 

24 

56 

26 

56 

26 

49 

24 

.28 

43 

29 


40  17 

73  28 

124  42 

125  43 


132  44 


119  42 

120  42 

91-123 


13 

7 

13 

7 

1 

9 

9 

10 

10 

10 

57 

26 

105 

37 

105 

37 

107 

39 

107 

39 

107 

39 

112 

40 

8 

5 

4 

5 

4 

5 

5 

& 

16 

11 

15 

11 

138  INDEX. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge, 
FUNDS.   STATE   SCHOOL— 

Who  to  manage 

Sources  of 

Interest  on,  only  to  be  used  

Principal  of,  inviolate 

Securities  may  be  invested  in 

Who  to  manage  all  State  educational  funds . .       2 

Basis  of  apportionment  of 7      6^ 

Who  to  apportion 4  88     14 

State  Treasurer  to  keep  account  of  with  coun- 
ties   Ill     40 

In  apportioning,  Forms  used  Nos.  30,  31  and 
32 112-118^ 

FUNDS,   COUNTY    SCHOOL- 

Sources  of 9      6- 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  diverting 18      7 

County  school  officers  to  be  paid  from 15      7 

Itemized  Monthly  Statements,  certified  to,  to 

be  filed,  and  published  or  posted  10  40     17 

Itemized  estimate  of    supplement  to,   to  be 

filed 95    84 

Teacher's  certificate  to  be  for  term  both  funds 

will  sustain  school 95    84 

Monthly  report  of,  to  be  filed  by  Treasurer. . .  113    40- 

Necessary  expenses  of  schools  for  any  year, 

first  claim  on  fund  of  that  year 116  117    41 

Transference  of,  for  pupils  going  to  another 

county 

When  forfeited 

Penalty  for  failing  to  file  reports  of 

FUNDS,   DISTRICT  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provision  for 

For  what  may  be  expended  

No  law  shall  be  enacted  to  divert 

Who  to  apportion,  and  proviso 

To  be  held  for  each  district  by  County  TreasT 
urer 

Treasurer  liable  for  on  his  bond  

Part  for  teachers  can  not  be  diverted 

Other  part  subject  to  requisition  of  Trustees . . 

To  be  used  in  district  solely  for  school  pur- 
poses   96    35 


118 

41 

119 

42 

129 

45 

10 

6 

11 

16 

13 

< 

94 

84 

95 

34 

95 

34 

96 

35 

96 

35 

INDEX.  139 

Par.       Sec.  Pge. 

FURNITURE— 

School  Board  Ui  supply 5            40     17 

Penalty  for  defacing 124    42 

Gr 

GRADING  COMMITTEE- 

To  be  appointed  by  County  Board 20           40    19^ 

See  also 54    25 

Who  eligible,  and  duties  of 55    25 

Time  allowed  and  from  what  fund  paid 57    2ft 

Balance  of  fund,  bow  applied *        57    2t> 

GRADING  SHEET— 

Grading  Committee  must  make  two  copies... .  55    35 
Retain  one  and  file  one  with  County  Superin- 
tendent   55    25 

GROUNDS— 

For  school  site,  by  whom  provided 4            40     16 

Improvement  and  care  of 5           40    17 

Authority  of  teacher  on 4           73    28 

Improvement  of  by  Supervisor 2            75    29 

Arbor  Day,  to  be  devote  1  to  planting  trees  on  14    88 

H. 

HIGHER  EDUCATION— 

State  Board  to  provide  for 5           15    11 

HIGH  SCHOOLS- 

When  County  Boar Js  shall  establish 5           40    17 

Who  eligible  to  attend 18    84 

HOLIDAYS— Which  are  school  holidays 81    3a 

Legal  holidays.    See  Note 30 

Recommendation  concerning  Christmas 13    83 

Arbor  Day  not  a  holiday 14    83 

How  to  be  reported  by  teachers 26    85 

I. 

IDIOTS  OR  INSANE-Census  of,  to  be  taken 1«           48    23 

IMMORALITY — Cause  for  revoking  a  teacher's  cer- 
tificate   72    28- 


140 


INDEX. 


Par,      Sec.  Pge. 

Cause  for  suspending  a  pupil 5  '^3    28 

INCOMPETENCY— Cause  for  removal  from  office..  5      9 

Who  empowered  to  remove 4  15     11 

Cause  for  revoking  a  teacher's  certificate. ....  72    28 

INCUMBENT— To  be  notified  before  removal 3      5 

Teacher  to  be  notified  of  revocation  of  certifi- 
cate      ...     13  48    2B 

INDUSTRY— Neatness,  promptness,  etc.,  to  be  in- 
culcated by  teacher '2  73    28 

INSPECTION— By     County    Superintendent,     for 

proper  location  of  schools , 1  48    21 

Of  each  school  once  a  terra,  by  County  Super- 
intendent        2  48    22 

To  keep  record  of  his  visits  of 0  48    22 

INSPECTORS  AND  CLERKS— 

Of  district  elections,    appointed  by  County 

Board 

Duties  of 

To  make  returns  to  County  Boards : . 

INSTITUTE  FOR  BLIND,  DEAF  AND  DUMB— 


8(> 

31 

80 

81 

89 

31 

24 

13 

25 

^3 

26 

13 

27 

13 

Board  of  Managers 

Location  of 

Who  entitled  to  benefits 

Procedure  to  become  a  beneficiary  of 

First  transportation  to,  paid  by  County  Com- 
missioners    28     13 

See  ALSO  Board  of  Managers. 

INSTITUTE,  SOUTH  FLORIDA  MILITARY— 

See  Military  Institute. 

INSTITUTES— 

State  Superintendent  to  provide  for 3  33    14 

County  Institutes,  what  fund  applied  to 57    26 

INSTRUCTIONS— 

Regulations,    decisions,    etc.,    by  whom   pre- 
pared        1  38     14 

INSULTING— 

A  teacher  before  his  pupils,  penalty  for 121    42 


INDEX. 

Par. 
INTEREST— See  Funds,  also  Monbys. 
INTERRUPTING— A  school,  penalty  for 

INVESTMENTS— 

Of  State  funds,  by  whom  and  in  what  made.. 
In  what  securities,  may  not  be  made 

ITEMIZED— Annual  Reports  of  County  Boards,  to 

be 8 

Financial  Statements  of  County  Boards,  to  be    10 
Bills  accompanying  requisitions  of  Trust-ges, 

to  be 

Poll  taxes  in  publications  of  Clerks,  to  be. . . . 

ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE- 

Oounty  Boards  to  prepare  and  file '  18 

Form  of.  No.  36 

Trustees  to  prepare  and  file 

When  copy  not  to  be  filed  with  Comptroller. . 
Form  of,  No.  37 

jr. 

JURY — Wiien  teacher  not  liable  to  duty  oa 

KNOWLEDGE— State  Board  to  co  operate  in  dif- 
fusing         () 

County  Boards  to  perform  all  reasonable  acts 
in  diffusion  of 16 

LANDS- 

School  lauds,  mangement  of 1 

Improvement  of  by  County  Boards 5 

Record  of,  by  description  in  districts 

County  Superintendent  not  to  purchase,  with- 
out authority— Note 

LAW  OR  LAWS— 

Regulations  of  County  Boards  have  effect  of. 

Citing  powers  of  arbitrators 

Special  tax  schools  under  the  same,  as  other 

schools 

See  Acts;  Appkndix;  also,  School  Laws. 


141 

Sec.  Pge. 

122    43 


16 

11 

16 

11 

40 

17 

40 

17 

96 

85 

[07 

39 

40 

19 

117 

95 

34 

95 

34 

118 

71     20 

15     11 
40     19 


15  11 

40  17 

17  84 

23 

2  81 

13  10 

93  33 


60 

26 

60 

27 

34 

86 

142  INDKX. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

LECTURERS— Paid  by  (bounty  Boards  from  certain 

fund 57    96 

LIABLE— An  officer  is,  for  loss,  when 3  9    10 

A  County  Treasurer  is,  for  district  funds 95    84 

School  officers  and  County  Treasurers  are 
liable  to  suspension  and  removal,  for  failure 
to  make  and  publish  financial  statements. .  129    48 

LIBRARIES— Constitutional  provision  for 11      6 

Trustees  may  purchase ,. 97    35 

LIEN — A  school  debt  a  lien  only  upon  the  district  or 

county 116    41 

LIFE  CERTIFICATES— Only  ones  not  issued  on 

examination 

By  vrhom  issued,  requirements  for 

Applicant  for,  must  present  endorsement. .. 

Form  of  application,  No.  15 99 

Form  of  Certificate,  No.  20 103 

LINE  PUPILS,  COUNTY— See  Attendance;  also  Pupils. 

JML. 

MAJORITY— 

Of  any  educational  Board,  a  quorum 7      9 

Of  votes  cast  determines  any  question  in  a 
special  tax  school  district 87    32 

MEETINGS- 

Regular,  of  County  B  jards 17 

Special,  at  call  of  County  Supt 17 

Regular,  must  be  at  least  monthly 

To  canvass  special  tax  district  elections 

MILITARY  INS'JITUTE,  SOUTH  FLORIDA— 

■    Establishment  of 

Under  control  of  State  Board 

Design 

Beneficiaries,  and  manntr  of  selecting 

Tuition,  board,  etc.,  furnished 

Appropriation  for  (same,  present  biennmrn). .  23     13 

MIXED  SCHOOLS— 

Constitution  bearing  on 12      7 


40 

19 

40 

19 

5 

82 

89 

32 

20 

12 

20 

12 

21 

12 

22 

12 

22 

12 

IJfDEX.  143 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

Penal  offense  to  mix  races  in  any  school 11     10 

Penalty  for  violating?  the  law 12     10 

MONEYS— 

Officers  to  give  bond  before  receiving 2  0     10 

Officers   issuing  to  another  not  under  bond 

liable  3 

To  be  turned  over  to  successor 

All  State  educational,  State  Board  to  manage.      2 

Investment  of,  made  by  State  Board 

Apportioned  by  State  Sup t I 

Discretion  of  State  Supt.  in :> 

Accurate  accounts  of,  to   be  kept  by  County 

Boards 8 

Itemized  report  of,  to    I  e  made  to  State  Supt.      8 

See  also 9 

Itemized  statements  of  all  receipts  ami  dis- 
bursements of,  for  month  preceding,   to  be 

filed  with  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court  10 

Above  to  be  certified   by  Chairman  County 

Board  and  attested  by  County  Supt 10 

County  Supt.  to  see  that  all  county  school,  are 

applied  to  objects  for  which  raised 10 

Special  tax  school  district,   apportioned     by 

Trustees 

Appointment  of,  to  be  fair  and  equitable 

See  also 

County  Treasurer  liable  upon  his  bond   for 

school  district  fund 

To  be  used  within  district  and  solely  for  school 

purposes 

Trustees  to  create  no  debt  without  approval  of 

County  Board 

Trustees  to  audit   commission  for  collecting 

district  tax 

Certified  lists  of  poll  tax  payers  for  previous 

month  to  be  filed  with  County  Board 

Copy  of  above  with  Treasurer's   receipt  to  be 

filed  with  County  Commissioners 

County  Supt.  to  file  certified  copy   of  above 

with  State  Supt.  (See  also,  Sec.  103) 15 

To  whom  school  moneys,  must  be  paid 

County  Treasurer  to  file  with  County  Supt.  a 

detailed  and  itemized  monthly  report 113    40 


9 

10 

10 

10 

15 

11 

16 

11 

■■v^ 

14 

:i3 

14 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

40 

17 

48 

22 

94 

34 

94 

34 

95 

34 

95 

34 

96 

35 

97 

35 

09 

36 

102 

36 

102 

36 

48 

23 

112 

40 

144 


INDEX. 


How    and     when    transferable    to     another 

county 

Direction  and  use  of,  when  a  county  forfeits. 
Direction  and  use  of,  when  a  school  forfeits. . 

MONTH— See  School  Month. 

MONTHLY  REPORT-  See  Teacher. 


Par.       Sec.  Pge. 

118    41 
119     42 

120    42 


nsr. 

NEGLECT  OF  DUTY— Cause  for  removal 

State  Board  to  remove  any  subordinate  for, ..      4 

Relative  to  poll  taxes,  subjects  Tax  Collector 
and  School  Board  to  suspension 25 

See  also 

Relative  to  financial  statements,  subjects 
School  Board,  County  Superintendent,  and 
County  Treasurer  to  suspension  and  re- 
moval   

NORMAL  SCHOOLS— 

Constitutional  provision  for i 

Establishment  of,  for  whites 

Establishment  of,  for  negroes 

Both  under  control  of  State  Board 

Diploma  from,  entitles  to  what  certificate 

o 

OFFICERS— Qualifications  of 

Of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction 

Subject  to  regulations  of  Department 

Tenure  of  office,  maximum 

Subject  to  removal  for  cause 

Not  to  vote  on  own  compensation  

.    Must  qualify,  when  and  how 1 

Give  bond  before  receiving  moneys 2 

When  personally  liable  for  loss 3 

Turn  over  effects  to  successor 

Removals  of,  by  whom  made 4 

Pay  school  moneys  to  proper  officer 

Not  to  sell  nor  induce  adoptions  of  text  books 

Penalty.     (See  also  Section  12C.) 

Must  use  blanks  orescribed 


5 

9 

15 

11 

40 

20 

102 

36 

129    43 


14 

18 

12 

19 

12 

19 

12 

1     28 


2 

9 

3 

9 

4 

9 

5 

9 

6 

9 

9 

10 

9 

10 

9 

10 

10 

10 

15 

11 

11 

11 

12 

40 

.27 

43 

3 

81 

INDEX.  145> 

Par.      Sec.  Pqe. 


OUT  BUILDINGS- 


County  Board  to  provide 

Teacher  to  care  for 

Under  immediate  supervision  of  Supervisor, 
Penalty  for  defacing  with  obscene  thing  . . . 
Penalty  for  injuring  or  destroying 


40 

17 

73 

2«: 

75 

29 

124 

42 

125 

4a 

PATRONS. 

May  recommend  Supervisor  (See  also  29,  page 

86) 3     .      40    1& 

May  require  High  Schools  established 5  40     17 

Not  authorized  to  employ  teachers  (See  also  8, 
page  82.) 6  40    17 

PENALTY — For    mixing    whites    and   negroes  in 

schools 12     la 

For  not  complying  with  poll  tax  act  (See  Sec. 

102) 25  40    20 

For  a  County  Superintendent  to  fail  to  take 

census 16 

For  cheating  in  teachers'  examinations 

For  a  Trustee  to  fail  to  do  his  duty 

For  a  Clerk  to  fail  to  publish  tax  statements. . 
For  a  Collector  to  buy  or  discount  warrants, 

etc 

For  insulting  teacher  in  presence  of  pupils. . . 

For  interrupting  or  disturbing  a  school 

For  introducing  obscene  prints,  etc.,  into  a 

school 123    42 

For  defacing  any  school  property  with  obscene 

thing 124     42 

For  destroying  school  house  or  property 125    43 

For  school  officer  or  teacher  dealing   in,   or 

having  pecuniary  interest  in  adopting  text 

books \ 126    43 

For  any  Superintendent  violating  examination 

laws 

^or  failing  to  publish  financial  statements. . . 

PETITION— For  district  election,  who  eligible    to 

sign 

Must  prescribe  boundaries  and  be  published . . 


48 

23- 

52 

24 

92 

33 

107 

39 

110 

39 

121 

42 

122 

42 

128 

43 

[29 

43 

84 

30 

85- 

31 

40 

18 

62 

86 

9 

6 

40 

20 

101 

86 

102 

80 

108 

87 

146  i:ndex. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

PHYSIOLOGY- 

Teaching  of,  required  in  every  school 14 

Teachers  examined  upon 

POLL  taxes- 
Go  to  county  school  fund 

Collector's  books  relating  to,  to  be  examined.     2.') 

Real  and  personal  property  liable  for 

Lists  of  persons  paying  to  be  made  and  tiled . . 
Certified  copy  of  lists  to  be  sent  State  Supt. ., 
To  be  itemized  separately   in  published  state- 
ments   107     89 

PROPERTY,  PERSONAL  AND  REAL— 

County  Board  may  acquire  and  hold 

Complete  record  of  all  to  be  kept 8 

Responsibility  of  for  taxes 

PUNISHMENT— 

Of  pupils,  not  to  be  too  severe  or  degrading. .       4 
Corporal,  not  absclutely  prohibited 

PUPILS— 

Grading  of,  County  Board  to  look  after o 

Progress  of.  County  Supt  to  examine  into 2 

Duties  of  teacher  toward 1-2 

To  be  governed  on  school  ground,  etc 4 

May  be  suspended 5 

When  may  attend  a  special  tax  school  in  an- 
other county 98    35 

When  may  attend  a  special  tax  school  in  an- 
other district 98     85 

When  may  attend  school  in  adjoining  county  118    41 

Non-resident,  tuition  may  be  required  of 15    83 

Must  attend  their  own  district  school 18    84 

See  also,  Attendance, 

Q 

qualifications- 
Op  Officers— See  Officers.    Of  Teachers— See  Teachers. 
QUALIFIED  ELECTORS— 

Who  are,  for  school  district  elections .,  87    32 

May  petition  for  election,  and  what  determine  84    ^ 


84 

15 

40 

17 

101 

36 

73 

28 

32 

86 

40 

17 

48 

22 

73 

28 

73 

28 

78 

28 

IXDKX. 


147 


Par.      Sec.  Pge^ 

Majority  of    votes  cast  of,   determine}    any 
special  tax  school  district  question 87    22 

•QUESTIONS  AND  APPEALS— See  Appeals. 

QUESTIONS  FOR  EXAMINATIONS— 

State  Supt.  to  prepare  (see  also,  Sec.  52) 10  38    15 

Sent  County  Supt.  under  seal 52    20 

QUORUM— What  shall  constitute 7      9 

REAL  ESTATE— 
f 

Responsible  for  tax  on  personal  property 101     36 

Responsible  for  poll  taxes 101    36 

RECEIPTS— To  be  taken  by  a  retiring  officer 10    10 

None  to   be  given   for  proi)erty  tax  till  poll 

is  paid.. 100    36 

For  amount  of  poll   taxes  paid   with  Hat  of 

payers,  to  be  tiled  monthly 102    36 

Of^County  Treasurer,  shall  state  amount  of 

eachjfund 105    37 

RECORDS— County  Board  must  keep 8  40    17 

Of  Collectors  relating  to  poll  taxes,  to  be  ex- 
amined      25  40    20 

See  also 102    36 

County  Supt.  must  keep 15  48    22 

Of  lists  ofjpoU  tax  payers,  to  be  preserved. ...     15  48    22 

REGISTERS- Mode  of  keeping,  to  be  examined  by 

CountySupt 2  48    22 

Teacher  must  use  prescribed 3    81 

Report  of  teachers  to  be  made   in  conformity 

with  directions  given  in 6    82 

Teacher  to  procure  before  beginning  school  . .  31     65 

To  be  filed   with  County   Supt.  (see  cover  of 

Register) 

REGULATIONS  OFTHEDEPT.  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

School  officers  to  conform  to 3      9 

State  Supt.  authorized  to  prescribe 7           33    15 

See  Regulations  Nos.  1-35 81-87 

KEMOVAL— Constitutional  authority  for 3      5 

Causes  for,  by  State  Board 4           15    11 

10 


148  Index. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

RENT— Rental  of  school  lands,  fixed  by  State  Board  1           15    11 
Renting  of  school  property  duty  of  County 

Board , 5            40    17 

Rental  of  school  buildings,  etc,  by  Supervisor  2           75    29 
REPORTS— To   be  made  by  State  Supt.  (See  also 

Par.  12th,  Sec.  33} 27      7 

To  be  made  by  County  Board 8           40    17 

Of  census,  must  be  certified  16           48    23 

To  State  Department,  limitations  upon 77    29 

Of  Teachers  of  special    tax  schools,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  Trustees 95    34 

Board  of  visitors  of  Seminaries  to  make  ....  131     44 
To  State  Supt.  by   Trustees  Agricultural  Col- 
lege   135    45 

Of  Ccunty  Supt.  to  Stale  Supt.,  when  due....  21    84 
REQUISITION- -Teacher  fund  of  special  tax  district 

not  subject  to  for  other  purposes 96    35 

When  made   upon   one   County   Treasurer  to 

another 118    41 

RULES  AND  REGULATIONS—  ' 

Students  in  Military  Institute  subject  to 22    12 

Persistent  violation  of,  cause  for  suspending  a 

pupil 5           73    28 

Special  tax  schools,  subject  to  same,  exception  93    33 

Of  County  Boards,  have  fr»rce  of  law 2    81 

s. 

SCHOOLS - 

Establishment  and  maintenance  of 1      9 

•Under  general  management  of  State  Superin- 
tendent   32    14 

Under  special  management  of  County  Superin- 
tendent   28    85 

Under  control  of  County  Board . .    28    85 

Under  oversight  of  Supervisor 1            75    29 

Located  aad  maintained  by  County  Bjard 2            40     16 

Minimum  annual  term 2            40     16 

Not  to  be  located  nearer  than  three  miles 6            40     17 

Record  of  condition  of,  County  Board  to  keep  8            40     17 

To  have  graded  properly 14            40     18 

Time  of  opening  fixed  by  County  Board  with- 

m  limits  (See  also  Sees.  78  and  79) 21            40    19 


48 

21 

48 

22 

48 

22 

58 

23 

122 

42 

•123 

42 

INDEX.  149 

For  locating,  county  to  be  inspected  by  Coui  ty 
Superintendent 1 

To  be  visited  once  a  terra  by  County  Superin- 
tendent         2 

Record  of  each  to  be  kept  by  County  Superin- 
tendent        6 

No  one  without  certificate,  can  teach  in 

Penalty  for  disturbing. ; 

Penalty  for  introducting  obscene  prints  into.. 

SCHOOL  AGE— Defined.     See  also  Par.  2,  Sec.  40. 

SCHOOL  BOARD— See  Board  of  Public  Instbuction, 

SCHOOL  BOARD  DISTRICT— 

By  whom  county  to  be  divided  into  three. ...     23 

Not  to  divide  election  districts  in  forming 

Ma3''  be  changed,  when  and  by  whom 

A  member  of  County  Board  elected  from  each 

SCEIOOL  BOOKS— County  uniform  system  of,  to  be 

put  in  use ...i     11 

Adoption  of^  to  be  g»-adual,  when  completed.  11 
County  Board,  consulting  others,  to  adopt,,..  12 
Before  adoption,  60  days  notice  to  be  given ...     12 

Term  of  adoption 12 

Use  of  others  by  teachers,  prohibited  12 

County  Superintendent  to  see  books  adopted 

used 12  40    18 

Condition  of,  County  Superintendent  to  exaui- 

ine  once  a  school  term 2  48    22 

School  officers  and  teachers  to  have  no  pecuni- 
ary interest  in  sale  or  adoption  of 126    48 

Penalty  for  violation 127    43 

SCHOOL  BUILDINGS-See  Buildings. 

SCHOOL  CENSUS-See  Census. 

SCHOOL  DAY— Fixed   by  County  Board,    within 

limits  (See  Sec.  80)  21  40     19 

Number  in  a  school  month 2  80    30 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT— See  District. 

SCHOOL  EXAMINATION— Teach  >r  must   hold  at 

close  of  term 0  73    29 

SCHOOL  FUNDS— See  Funds;  also  Moneys. 

SCHOOL  FURNITURE— See  Fprniture. 


40 

20 

42 

20 

42 

20 

43 

20 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

18 

40 

17 

73 

38 

73 

28 

150  mbst. 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 
8CH00L|GR0UNDS— See  Grounds. 
SCHOOL  HOLIDAYS— See  Holidays. 

SCHOOL  HOUSE— County  Board   to  provide  for 

warming:,  etc 5 

Care  of  by  teacher 3 

Authority  of  teacher  in  or  near 4 

See  Buildings. 
SCHOOL  LANDS— See  Lands. 

:SCHOOL  LAWS— To  be    printed  and   distributed 

by  State  Superintendent 1  33     14 

Copy  of.    County  Superintendent  to  furnish 

Supervisor 4  48     23 

Copy  of,  Supervisor  to  procure  for  teacher. ...       3  75    29 

See  Laws;  also  Appendix. 
SCHOOL  LEVY— See  Tax. 
SCHOOL  LIBRARIES— See  Libraries. 

SCHOOL  MONTH— Defined— twenty  school  days. .       3 
Report  of  teacher  for 

SCHOOL  PROPERTY— Titles  to,   to  be  vested  in 

County  Board 

Duty  of  County  Board  to  obtain  titles 1 

Special  Tax  School  Districts  may  own  1 

When  to  be  delivered  by  teachers  with  keys. .       7 

SCHOOL  SITE— County  Board  to  select,   require- 
ments in 4 

To  do  whatever  necessary  in  providing 5 

Board  may  obtain  of  a  member 

SCHOOL      SUB-DISTRICT— See     Special      Tax 
School  District. 

SCHOOL  SUPERVISOR— See  Supervisor. 

SCHOOL  TEACHER— See  Teacher. 

SCHOOL  TERM— Defined— four  school  months  ...       3 

Minimum  term  of  school  allowable 3 

At  close  of  each,  a  public  examination 6 

SCHOOL  TRUSTEES— See  Trustees. 

SCHOOL  YEAR— Defined,  as  to  limits 

Defined,  as  to  length — two  terms 4 


80 

30 

36 

85 

36 

16 

40 

16 

40 

16 

73 

39 

40 

16 

40 

17 

41 

30 

80 

3dr^ 

40 

19^ 

73 

29 

77 

39 

80 

80 

riiDBr. 


ifti 


Par. 


Sec.  Pge. 

33 

15 

52 

34 

130 

44 

33 

15 

SEAL — State  Supt.  to  have,  purposes  of S 

Examination  seal,  when  and  in  whose  presence 
may  be  broken 

SEMINARIES— Beneficiaries  of 

State  Supt.  to  visit  and  reoort 12 

Visitors  to  report  to  State  Supt 131     44 

SITE— See  School  Sitk. 

SOUTH  FLORIDA  MILILARY  INSTITUTE— 

See  Military  Institute. 

SPE  ;IAL  EXAMINATION— 

Who  authorized  to  hold,  and  when 13 

SPECIAL  TAX— Constitutional  one  mill  levy 

To  be  apportioned  annually 

■  By  whom  apportioned,  and  the  basis 4 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOLS- 

Constitutional  provision  for 

Defined 

Subject  to  same  control  as  other  schools  

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS- 

Constitutional  provision  for. 

Defined 

May  acquire  and  hold  school  property 1 

Shall  receive  just  portion  of  county  fund 1 

Created  by  petition  and  election  (Sec.  84) 33 

Boundaries  m  petition,  subject  to  change 

Once  established  are  permanent,  until 

Majority  of  votes  cast  necessary  to  carry  

Election  to  be  held  in,  what  to  determine 

Form  of  ballot  in 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

Constitution  for,  and  personnel 

President  and  Secretary  of 

Powers  and  duties  of  

To  manafi:e  school  lands 1 

To  manage  all  educational  funds  of  the  State  3 

To  entertain  and  decide  questions  and  appeals  i 

To  remove  subordinates  for  cause 4 

To  f osier  higher  education $ 

To  co-operate  with  State  Sopt 0 


48 

23 

6 

6 

7 

7 

33 

14 

10 

6 

83 

30 

93 

33 

10 

6 

83 

30 

40 

16 

40 

16 

40 

30 

85 

31 

85 

31 

87 

32 

90 

33 

91 

33 

3 

5 

15 
15 
i5 

11 
11 
11 

15 
I* 

11 
11 

1? 
15 

11 

15 

15 

16 

11 

17 

12 

18 

12 

20 

12 

1^2  INDEX. 

Par.       Sec    Pge 

To  invest  permanent  school  fund 

To  fill  vacancies  in  School  Boards 

To  direct  and  control  the  Normal  Schools 

To  manage  South  Florida  Military  Institute... 
To  manage  Institute    for    Blind,    Deaf  and 

Dumb 24    13 

STATE  CERTIFICATE— 

Bywhom  issued,  and  prerequisites 65    27 

Scholarship  requirements 65    27 

Endorsement  for  examination  required.* 33    86 

Form  of  application  for  examination,  No.  14.  98 

Form  of  Certificate,  No.    19 102 

See  also  Certificate. 

STATE  SCH00D:FUND— See  Funds;  also  Moneys. 

«TATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 

Secretary  and  member  of  State  Board 

Constitutional  powers  and  duties  of 

Given  general  oversight  of  school  affairs  .... 

Special  duties 

To  publish  and  iistribute  laws,  forms,  etc.,  etc.  1 

To  call  conventions  of  school  ofldcers 2 

To  hold  Teachers'  Institutes 3 

To  apportion  school  funds 4 

To  make  discretionary  apportionments 5 

To  entertain  and  decidp,  or  refer  appeals 6 

To  prescribe  Rules  and  Regulations 7 

To  have  a  seal  of  office,  purpose  of 8 

Residence  and  office  of 9 

To  prepare  questions  for  county  examinations 

(see  also.  Sec,  52) 10 

Authority  of ,  relative  to  examinations 

To  hold  examinations  for  S.tate  Certificates 10 

To  grant  Life  Certificates 10 

To  nominate  tofill  facancies  on  School  Boards  ll 

To  visit  Seminaries  and  report 12 

i^o  keep  record  of  persons  who  have  paid  poll 

'taxes. 13            33     15 

«TATE  TREASURER— See  Treasurer. 

:SUB -DISTRICTS— See  Special  Tax  School  Dis- 
tricts. 


o 

') 

25 

7 

32 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

14 

33 

15 

33 

15 

33 

15 

33 

15 

51. 

34 

33 

15 

33 

15 

33 

15 

33 

15 

iNDKx.  153: 

Par,      Sec.  Pge 

SUCCESSORS— To  be  delivered  school  effects,  and 

to  give  receipts. 10     I(J> 

SUPERVISOR— An  officer  of  the  Department 

Appointed  by  County  Board 8 

To  supervise  the  school  and  report  to  County 
Superintendent  monthly ...       3 

Efficiency^  of,  to  be  examined  into  once  a  term 
by  County  Superintendent 2 

To  awaken  increased  interest  in,  County  Su- 
perintendent to  do  all  in  his  power 3 

To  be  conferred  with  by  County  Superintend- 
ent, who  is  to  see  that  he  attends  to  his  du- 
ties         4 

To  be  kept  supplied  with  school  laws,  etc.,  by 
County  Superintendent 4 

Persons  fitted  for  the  duties  of,  to  be  selected 
by  County  Superintendent 5 

To  be  notified  by  teacher  of  suspension  of  pu- 
pil  * 5 

When  teacher  is  to  deliver  to,  keys  and  all 
school  property 7 

To  supervise  the  school  and  report  monthly  to 
County  Board 1 

To  supervise  the  property  and  procure  copy 
of  school  laws 2 

To  attend  and  co-operate  with  teacher  in  ele- 
vating the  school 3 

To  review  suspensions  of  pupils  and  report  the 
same  promptly  to  County  Superintenc.ent. .       3 

The  duties  of,  when  to  be  performed  by  Trus- 

*  tees  

To  select  and  contract  with  teacher,  not  to  be 
delegated  to 

May  suggest  a  teacher  satisfactory  to  patrons 

Subject  to  direction  of  County  Board 

A  position  of  oversight,  not  of  control 

Form  of  Recommendation  of,  No.  7 

Form  of  Appointment,  No.  8 ...   

Form  of  Acceptance  of  Appointment,  No.  9. . 

See  also  Regulations,  Nos.  17  and  29  

SUPERVISOR  OF  REGISTRITION- 

Duty  of,  relative  to  school  districts. ........  88    82" 


o 

u 

40 

16 

40 

16: 

48 

2^ 

48 

22^ 

48_22' 

48..:  22'^ 

48 

22: 

78 

28 

73 

2» 

75 

29s 

75 

29^^ 

75 

29» 

75 

29 

76 

29 

8 

82- 

8 

82 

27 

85 

28 

85- 

95 

95 

96 

84-80- 

154  JKDEX. 

Par.       i^ec.  Pge, 

T. 

TAX,  CAPITATION— 

CoDBtitntion  provision  for 9  (> 

Amount  and  application 100  3^ 

Both  real  and  personal  property  liable  for 101  36 

Certified  lists  of  persons  paying,  to  be  filed 102  3(> 

Lists  to  be  preserved  by  State  Superintend- 
ent   103  37 

TAX,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Not  less  than  three  nor  ?nore  than  five  niilk  . . 
Millage  to  be  estimated  by  County  Board. ; . ..     18 

County  Commissioners  to  levy 

Orders  of  (.ounty  Board  receivable  for, 

TAX,  DISTRICT  SCHOOL— 

^Constitutional  provisions — maximum  3  mills. 

The  levy  and  millage  decided  by  election 

Vote  required  to  determine 

Qualifications  of  electors  for 

Trustees  to  file  estimate  and  certify  millage. . 

County  Commissioners  to  order 

Duties  of  Comptroller  concerning 

County  Treasurer  to  hold  and  pay  out 

TAX,  SPECIAL  [STATE]— 

Constitutional  levy  of  one  niill....v 

Apportioned  among  the  counties,  basis 4 

TAX  COLLECTOR— 

To  pay  County  Treaf-urer  monthly ^8 

Poll  tax  records  of,  County  Board  to  examine    25 

Penalty  for  neglect  about  poU  taxes 25 

To  pay  district  tax  to  County  Treasurer 

Not  receipt  for  other  tax  till  poll  is  paid 

To  file  monthly  certified  list  of  poll  tax  payers 

with  the  County  Board  102     36 

To   filfc  copy  of   the    above    with   receipt  of 

Treasurer  with  County  Commissioners 102    36 

Penalty  for  failure 102    36 

To    file  receipts  of  Treasurer    with   County 

Clerk 105     37 

Not  dewl  in  State,  county,  or  district  securi- 
ties   no   3» 

PenaltyJfor^violatioP 110      8- 


8 

6 

40 

19 

108 

39 

109 

89 

10 

6 

84 

30 

84 

30 

87 

30 

95 

34 

95 

34 

95 

34 

95 

34 

6 

6 

33 

14 

40 

19 

40 

20 

40 

20 

95 

34- 

100 

36 

IKDUX.  155 

Par.       S^c.    Pge. 

TEACHERS— To  be  assembled  in  Institutes  bj  State 

Supt !:.       3  33     14 

County  Board  to  employ,   contract  with  and 

pay «  40    17 

Leading  ones,  to  be  consulted  in  book  adop- 
tions      12 

Prominent  ones,  to  assist  with  course  of  study     14 

Who  to  be  appointed  on  grading  committee. . 

To  be  told  cause  of  revoked  certificate  and 
right  of  appeal ...     18 

Required  to  obtain  certificate  in  this  State. . . 

Primary  duty  of 

General  duties  of 

When  exempt  from  military  and  jury  duty. . 

Concerning  contract  and  compensation 

Supervisor  and  patrons  may  not  employ 

When  and  how  County  Boards  are  to  assign. . 

Favoritism  to  be  avoided 

Duties  concerning  Arbor  Day 

Limitation  as  to  term  of  contract 

How  to  report  holidays 

May  use  corporal  punishment 

Duty  to  advance  grade  of  certificate 

Not  to  deal  in,  or  influence  adoption  of  school 
books  for  a  consideration 

Penalty  for  violation 

Penalty  for  insult  tb 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES— See  Certificates. 
TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE— 

State  Supt.  to  hold  and  provide  instructiion .  .3  33  14 

County  Board  to  apply  certain  fund  to 57  "OS 

TEACHING— Candidates   for,  County  Supt.  to  ex- 
amine and  certificate 11  48  22 

TEMPORARY  CFRTIFICATES- 

Term  of ,  and  proviso  pertaining 12  48    23 

TERM— See  School  Term. 

TERMS  OF  OFFICE-Of  State  Supt  ...   

Maximum,  of  all  officers 

Of  member  of  County  Board 

Of  School  Trustees 

TEXT  BOOKS— See  School  Books. 


40 

18 

40 

18 

55 

24 

48 

23 

58 

26 

31 

86 

73 

28 

74 

29 

rr 

82 

8 

82 

9 

82 

10 

88 

14 

83 

19 

84 

26 

85 

32 

86 

35 

86 

126 

43 

127 

43 

121 

42 

2 

5- 

4 

9 

48 

21 

84 

81 

150  INKEX. 

Par.       Sec.  Pge. 
TREASURER,  COUNTY— 

An  officer  of  the  Department 2  9 

Treasurer  of  county  school  funds 89  16 

To    certify  financial  statements    of    County 

Board... 9  40  17 

Liable  on  bond  for  district   funds 9o  34 

In  receipting   Collector,  to  specify  each  fund 

and  amount 105  37 

All  county  school  funds  go  to 112  40 

To  file  monthly  report  with  County  Supt 113  40 

To  keep  description  of  warrants  and  pay  in 

order 115  40 

Penalty  for  failure  to  make  reports 129  44 

TREASURER,  STATE- 

Member  of  and  Treasurer  of  State  Board 14    11 

To  keep  an  account  with  counties 1 1 1  .  40 

All  State  school  funds  go  to 112    40 

TRUSTEES  OF  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE— 

To  make  annual  report  to  State  Supt 135    45 

TRUSTEES,  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provision  for : 10      6 

Election  of 

Term  of  office , 

Jurisdiction,  duties  and  powers  of 

Subject  to  removal  

May  nominate  teacher^,   proviso, 

Shall  apportion  district  fund 

To  file  itemized  estimate  and  certify  millage. 

To  file  copies  of  above,  with  whom 

Certain  fund  not  subject  to  requisition  of . . . . 

May  not  contract  with  a  member.". 

To  be  a  corporation,  etc.  ;...■:........  .r, 97    35 

Make  no  debt  without  approval  of  County 

Board ....;,......',..:.......,.- 97    35 

When  and  how  may-admit  non-residents  of 

the  diiitrict  to  their  school 98     35 

To  audit  commissions  of  Collector 99    36 


84 

30 

84 

30 

92 

83 

92 

33 

93 

33 

94 

34 

95 

34 

95 

34 

96 

35 

96 

35 

IXDEX.  157 

Par.      Sec.  Pge. 

\  ACAXCIKS- 
How  tilled  on  County  Boards 45    21 

In  B-jards  of  Trustees,  how  filled 93    33 

In    teachers,    when    County   Superintendent 
may  fill 25    85 

VISITORS— See  Seminaries. 
VOTERS— See  Electors. 

XT. 

UNIFORM  SYSTEM- 

Of  public  free  schools  demanded 1      5 

Of  public^instrnution  established 1       9 

Of  school  books  to  be  used  in  each  county. ...     11  40     18 

UNIT,  SCHOOL— Defined 8     10 

WARRANTS— 

When  to  be  described  minutely ...  10            40     17 

County  Board  to  issue  monthly 5    82 

Not  to  be  issued  teacher  till  report  ii  filed  and 

properly  made. . » ; 6    82 

Form  of,  No.  29 Ill 

YEAR— See  School  Year. 


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